Rainforest animals

Check to see if there is a book in the -- look at an example of a TITLE PAGE and the BIBLIOGRAPHIC FORMAT

• St. Joseph Library
• Seattle Public Library
• King County Library

Online Databases

	Grolier's online encyclopedia @ school -- USERNAME: sjoseph AND PASSWORD: jaguars To use from HOME register HERE
	Exploring Nature.org - Exploring Nature Educational Resource Username sjseattle Password jaguar see list of Rainforest animals includes pictures to print with labeling range, habitat, body traits, diet, reproduction
	available at Seattle Public Library - need SPL card #
	Animal Diversity Web - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (free)
	Grzimeks Animal Life @ school --password seat_log @home seat_rpa

Internet -

• Google - or Bing - if more than one word, put quotation marks around all words: ie., "howler monkey"

Websites

• All about Rainforests (Zoom.com) and Rainforest Animals EnchantedLearning
• Rainforest Alliance -
  • species facts - good list -
  • pictures to color
• Rainforest Animals.net - great list
• Rainforest at night - National Geographic - lists some animals
• Rainforest Conservation Fund - species data list - list of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians
• Tropical Rainforest animals (some - Missouri Botanical Garden)

Games

• Jewels of the Earth - put animals in the correct layer of the rainforest - Rainforest Alliance
• Word search online interactive - Rainforest animals - ABCTeach

Videos online

• Magic School Bus - in the Rain forest - YouTube
• Rainforest movies - Learning about Rainforests - quicktime
  • What is a rainforest
  • Layers of the rainforest
  • Flowers of the rainforest
  • Animals of the rainforest
• Tropical rainforests - HULU - need to skip introductory material

Lesson plans

• Rainforest lists of sites, lesson plans, activities, books from TeachersCorner
• Rainforest - list of links from Teaching with the web - Kennesaw Edtech.
• Rainforest activities - word searches, math puzzles, etc. - EduPlace