Open Directory - Kids and Teens: School Time: Science: The Earth: Biomes: Rainforests

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: Rainforests (17)

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Amazon Interactive [ ] - Found out where the Amazon is, how much rain a rainforest receives, who lives there, and how the native people earn a living.
Amazonia Fun Quest [ ] - A kid-safe place to learn about the people, plants and animals of the Brazilian Amazon Rain Forest. Offers activities, games, puzzles and fun information about the Negro River area of Brazil.
How a Rainforest Works [ ] - Photographic tour of a tropical rainforest shows what makes it such a bountiful environment for plants and animals.
Live From The Rainforest [ ] - A virtual expedition into the heart of our planet's largest rainforest, guided by some of the world's leading biologists.
On the Line - Tropical Rain Forests [ ] - See some of the animals, plants and people which inhabit the tropical rain forests. Find out why they're in danger, and learn what people are doing to protect them.
Plants of the Machiguenga [ ] - A combination travelogue and scientific inquiry into medicinal uses of rain forest plants. Neurologist Ethan Russo examines the people and wildlife of this Amazonian tribe in Parque Nacional del Manu.
RainForest [ ] - Has facts and activities about Rain Forest animals and plants. Includes printable animal patterns, word searches and color sheets.
Rainforest Place [ ] - An introduction to rainforests, where they are, and what animals live there.
Rainforest: A Description [ ] - A factsheet with information about how a rainforest looks, what kind of plants are growing there, and where tropical rainforests can be found. [PDF]
RainforestKid.com [ ] - One girl's effort to help save the rainforest. Contains journal, photos taken on a trip to the rainforest, and a rainforest word search.
Sandy Wiseman's Photo-Journey Through a Costa Rican Rainforest [ ] - Shares an exquisite journey through a tropical rainforest in Costa Rica, near the Rara Avis lodge.
Save The Rainforest [ ] - Fact sheets, photos, and ideas about ways to help save the rainforest.
Sounds of the Rainforest [ ] - Features the sounds of nature including birds, the environment, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.
Tirimbina Rainforest Center [ ] - Rainforest preservation, education, and research project sponsored by the Milwaukee Public Museum and the Riveredge Nature Center in the Sarapiquí region of Costa Rica.
Tropical Rain Forests [ ] - Tropical rain forests once blanketed the Earth like a wide green belt around the equator. Now they're disappearing at a rate of 93,000 square miles per year. Find out why they're important and learn what's destroying them.
Tropical Rainforest [ ] - Find description, global position, climate, and information on specific plants and animals of this biome.

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Kids and Teens
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: Science
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: Deforestation (11)

Open Directory - Kids and Teens: School Time: Science: Environment: Biodiversity: Deforestation

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CFAN: Tropical Forests [ ] - Explains what tropical forests are and some reasons they are chopped down.
Deforestation [ ] - Tells how deforestation happens, and some consequences of it.
EO Library: Tropical Deforestation Fact Sheet [ ] - Explains why deforestation happens, and the rate at which forests are disappearing.
NASA Rainforest Deforestation Images [ ] - Several pictures from space showing what deforestation looks like.
National Geographic: Deforestation [ ] - Shows photographs, satellite images, and video clips of deforestation and desertification.
Photovault: Deforestation [ ] - Contains many pictures of areas where forests have been cut down.
Rainforest Facts [ ] - Explains the problems and solutions of rainforest deforestation. Included are facts and figures, which describe the important uses of this type of ecosystem and the rapid loss of wildlife and plant species, if nothing is done about this situation.
Tropical Deforestation and Habitat Destruction [ ] - Offers information on slash and burn agriculture, and the regrowth in a tropical rainforest.
Wikipedia: Deforestation [ ] - Encyclopedia article explains deforestation and how it affects the environment.
World Rainforest Movement: Causes of Deforestation [ ] - Contains articles about deforestation that is happening worldwide.
BBC News: Amazon 'Stealth' Logging Revealed [ ] - Satellite research says deforestation of Brazil's Amazon has been underestimated by at least sixty percent. (October 21, 2005)

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