Deforestation: Facts, Causes & Effects,
March 4, 2015,
By Alina Bradford, Live Science Contributor,
"Deforestation, the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for ot READ MORE http://www.livescience.com/27692-deforestation.html
Rainforest plays critical role in hydropower generation,
May 14, 2013,
By Matt McGrath,
Environment correspondent,
BBC News,
"New research suggests that cutting down trees in the rainforest cou READ MORE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22513233
Can Dunkin' Donuts Really Turn Its Palm Oil Green?
March 12, 2013,
by Ilya Marritz,
NewNebraska.org
"Dunkin' Donuts is changing its recipes - though you may not notice much difference the next t READ MORE http://www.netnebraska.org/node/845340
Online Rain Forest Tour
Tropical Rain Forest Information Center
Michigan State University
"You can choose between two online tours of the rain forest, filled with beautiful pictures and interesti READ MORE http://www.trfic.msu.edu/rfrc/tour/index.html
Jungle
Wikipedia.org
Jungle (Sanskrit: refers to the most dense, more or less impenetrable regions within a tropical rainforest with an abundance of animal and plant life.
Visit the web site READ MORE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle
Rain Forest Trams - Aerial Tours in Costa Rica, Jamaica, St. Lucia
This is a commercial web site but you can go along with the tour group as they visit the rainforest by trams, the sustainable way READ MORE http://www.rainforestrams.com/
Rainforests: A Virtual Tour
Tropical Rainforest Information Center
Michigan State University
This slide show is designed as an introduction to tropical rain forests and some of their most inter READ MORE http://www.trfic.msu.edu/rfrc/tour/rainforest.html
Surviving in the Rain Forest of Guyana -- Conde Nast Traveler
By Bob Payne
YouTube.com
February 16, 2010 - Conde Nast Traveler reporter Bob Payne sets out to learn firsthand about rain forest su READ MORE http://www.youtube.com/watch...
How Rainforests Work | Climate Change & Tropical Rainforests
Paradise Earth
Learn about the different aspects of rainforests. Select a topic from the menu for text and videos.
READ MORE http://www.paradiseearth.com/work.html
Exploring the Rainforest
Tooter4kids.com
Great site!! Lots of topics to check out. Start with the Introduction and then hit the "Next" button to move to the next page.
READ MORE http://www.tooter4kids.com/Rainforest/index.htm
Rainforest WebQuest
Misterteacher.com
This WebQuest is not really a WebQuest, but more of a quiz. Well, maybe it is a WebQuest. After all, you do have to go to Web sites on the Internet to find READ MORE http://www.misterteacher.com/rainforestwebquest.html
Rainforests - An Overview of the World's Rainforests
January 10, 2009
From Amanda Briney, Contributing Writer
About.com
Rainforests: Areas of Extreme Precipitation and Biodiversity
A rainfore READ MORE http://geography.about.com/od/climate/a/rainforests.htm
VirtualRainForest - an online tour,
Dr. Gerald Urquhart,
Michigan State University,
There's a large photo of rainforest trees here. Move your mouse over them to find out the different specie that READ MORE https://www.msu.edu/user/urquhart/rainforest/
Tropical Rainforest Biome
Thurston High School Students
Tropical rainforests cover about 6% of the Earth's total land surface. They are mainly located around the belt at the equator. The climate READ MORE http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/rain3/rain3.html
Photo tour of the rainforest,
By Rhett A. Butler,
Mongabay.com,
A 52-picture slideshow that provides an overview of the rainforest.
READ MORE http://kids.mongabay.com/tour/
Welcome to the Rainforest,
Cyberparent.com,
"Rainforests are very thick, wet, warm forests. We often call them jungles."
Visit the website to learn about their animals, plants, and people that READ MORE http://www.cyberparent.com/rainforest/index.html
Learning Site: Kids
RainforestAlliance.org
Kids
No matter how old you are, you can help protect rainforests. Check out our coloring book, online rainforest stories, animal facts and more.
READ MORE http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/education.cfm...
Rainforest Biomes
Elisabeth Benders-Hyde
West Tisbury School
Up-Island Regional School District
The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth. An average READ MORE http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm
Passport to the Rainforest
Follow in Darwin’s footsteps, courtesy of PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE, to the heart of our planet's largest rainforest, guided by some of the world's leading biologists. Expl READ MORE http://passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/main.html
MBG: Madagascar Biodiversity and Conservation - Rainforest
Missouri Botanical Garden
About
This web site is based on photographs and experiences from travels in five areas of rainforest, two area READ MORE http://www.mobot.org/mobot/madagascar/rainforest.asp...
Tropical Rainforest Information for Kids
Rhett Butler
Kidsmongabay.com
WHAT ARE RAINFORESTS?
Tropical rainforests are forests with tall trees, warm climate, and lots of rain. In some rainforests READ MORE http://kids.mongabay.com/elementary/
What's It Like Where You Live?
Missouri Botanical Gardens
Did you know there are two types of Rainforest -- the temperate and the tropical? Tropical rainforests are found close to the equator. Te READ MORE http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/index.htm