Rainforest Animals
By: Jessica Chiappetti
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Welcome to my webpage about Rainforest Animals!  My webpage is geared towards grades K-8, along with parents and teachers. Its very important for kids to learn about the rainforest and its animals because it has a major impact on the world their living in. Learning about the animals gives kids a better understanding of all the different species out there in the world.  Below you will find sites that not only inform kids about the rainforest animals, but allows parents to get a better understanding.  Also, the sites allow for teachers to share activities with there students, and has exciting informative books.

For Students
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URL Address
Name of Site
Brief  Descriiption
http://www.rainforestanimals.net/

Rainforest Animals

This site explains the different types of animals that are in the rainforest along with information of the rainforest itself.  It also has activities for kids involving the rainforest such as coloring pages and crosswords.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/Animals.shtml

Zoom Rainforest

This site shows the food web of the animals in the rainforest and how it works.  This site also shows pictures of the animals along with descriptions about them.

http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/animals.html Animals of the Rainforest

This site has all the different exciting and fun animals of the rainforest.  It has all their information along with pictures of each animal.

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/traci/animals/animals.htm

Rainforest Animals!

This site allows for younger kids to understand some information on a few of the rainforest animals.  The site also gives pictures of the animals to get a better understanding.

http://www.rainforestlive.org.uk/index.cfm?Articleid=376

Rainforest Live

This site is fun for kids allowing them to understand the animals and play games too.  It allows you to explore the rainforest and also has activities for the kids to do.

http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/rainforest/

Rainforest

This site has puzzles for kids along with games that all have to do with the rainforest.  It has pictures of the animals and information about the animals life.

http://edhelper.com/rainforests.htm

Rain Forest Theme Unit

This site has a bunch of activities for kids to learn about the rainforest.  It has puzzles and quizzes that can help educate them.

http://www.rfadventures.com/Rainforest_creatures.htm

Rainforest Adventure

This site is an exciting site for kids to learn and understand the difference in animals in the rainforest.  This site also gives pictures of each of the animals

http://ran.org/rainforestheroes/

Rainforest Heroes

This is an exciting site for kids to get in the action of the rainforest.  It has information on the forest and the animals.  It also has ways that kids can get involved in the rainforest to help.

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For  Teachers

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/animals/Rfbiomeanimals.shtml

Animals

This site gives information about where all the different tropical rainforest are at in the world.  The site also describes and gives details about the different animals in the tropical rainforest.

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/index.htm

Rainforest Topics

This site has information including the different species in the rainforest along with pictures of the animals.  It also provides real life experience from people that have been to the rainforest before.

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rnfrst_animal_page.htm

Rainforest Animals

This site as interesting facts about all the different animals in the rainforest.  It also has pictures of each animal and their description.

http://abcteach.com/directory/basics/science/habitats_biomes/rain_forest/

ABC Teach

This site gives teachers ideas and projects that kids can do on the rainforest.  The site gives the names of the worksheets along with a description of the activity.

http://rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Information/Animals/

Animals

This site provides information on all the different animals. It also gives information about the rainforest itself along with pictures.

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For Parents

http://www2.lhric.org/kat/3rain.htm

Rainforest Animals

This site has all the animals that make up the rainforest.  Clicking on each animal takes you to the pictures and details of the animal.  It provides a lot of information of what each animal is about.

http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/TECH/subject/science/rf_animals.html

Rainforest Animal Reports

This site names all the different species of the rainforest.  It gives detailed information on each animal along with a picture of them.

http://www.christiananswers.net/kids/rainforest/

People, Animals and Facts

This site talks about the animals, people, food, and sounds of the rainforest.  It also has video clips of the rainforest allowing for a better insight.

http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/wes/webquests_themes/rainforest_animals/rainforest_animals.html

Rainforest Animal Web quest

This site gives parents a better understanding of how the rainforest works.  It also talks about the different species that are included in the rainforest.

http://www.tooter4kids.com/Rainforest/animals.html

Tropical Rainforest Animals

This site gives just facts about the animals and the entire environment of the rainforest.  It has detailed information and is very well detailed.


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Rainforest Books
Cover Image
Title of Book
Description of Book
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Nature's Green Umbrella (Mulberry Books) by Gail Gibbons

This book is for grades 1-4 and gives a informative look on the tropical rainforest.  The book shows drawings and labels of 50 different animals in the rainforest, along with plants and trees that are in the rainforest. 

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Rainforest Colors (Science Emergent Readers) by Susan Canizares

This book is for younger kids because it has great pictures and the entire book is colorful.  Its easy for young kids to read because of the text used.

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Tropical Rain Forest by Donald M. Silver

This is a great book to learn about the environment of the Rain Forest along with all the different animals.  The book also has activities that kids can do so they get a better understanding of the rainforest.

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At Home in the Rainforest by Diane Willow

This book gives an exciting look into the Tropical Rainforest.  It has great pictures and excellent information.

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The Remarkable Rainforest: An Active-Learn... by Toni Albert

This book has activities for kids so they get a better look into the rainforest in a fun way.  It also gives information that is important for kids to learn.



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Activity
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http://childfun.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=77

This site has a great activity for kids.  It tells them how to make rainforest puppets with all the steps needed to complete this activity.  It’s a great way to get kids involved and interested in the rainforest!

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Technology Used

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