The Rain Forest
Step One
The rainforest is an exciting and mysterious place. It is a hot, wet, dark and noisy place filled with life. Beneath the tall canopy of this mysterious world live more species of plants and animals than anywhere else on earth. Come explore the links below. When you are finished you will be asked to choose one animal, copy its picture to a disk and bring it to school to add to a PowerPoint show detailing the facts of one of the creatures your class has discovered on this adventure.
Exactly what is a tropical rainforest? Where are they found, and what makes them so special?
Visit Zoom School
Take a walk through the rainforest. what will you see?
Visit Science in the Rainforest
Have you found an animal you want to know more about?
Visit Animals of the Rainforest
More about the plants, animals, and people that live in the rainforest
Visit Kid's Corner
Can't get enough information about reptiles?
Visit Rainforest Reptile Refuge
For more great animal pictures and facts, go to the zoo!
Visit Sedgewick County Zoo, Wichita, Kansas
Are you in the mood for some rainforest music?
Visit Good Green Fun
Do you need a really good photo? Not all of these are of rainforest animals, but you will find rainforest animals in the list.
Visit Zoo Net
Just for fun!
Visit Toucan Sam (sponsored by Kellog's)
Step Two
Take some time to explore the rainforest using the links above. List all of the animals that interest you on a piece of acratch paper. Be sure to spell their names carefully. When you have finished exploring, choose one animal t "take a picture of."
Using the directions from "How to Copy Picures and Text from the Internet," copy the animal's picture to a disk and bring it ot school. Download
Find the following information, if you can, and write it neatly on a sheet of paper.
- animal name
- animal group
- animal size
- life span
- diet
- enemies
- strange or interesting facts
Step Three
Finally! You've finished exploring and you're ready to add your "picture" to a really great class project!
Now bring it to school and let your teacher add it to the class Power Point show. You will be responsible for typing the interesting facts that you have found.