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About the Site
The Cyber Rainforest, a 26-page, printable coloring book, provides a creature-by-creature look into the animals of the tropical rainforest. Each page of this A-Z coloring book features a student drawing and a brief caption. The Home page of the site offers related links, curriculum connections, and unit objectives. The book is part of a science project authored by two teachers from Rhode Island.
What to Do
Ask children to name animals that live in the rainforest. Write the list on the board. Read and discuss the coloring book pages. Help children print the pages. Encourage children to create their own drawings for the animals they named.
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About the Site
How Rainy is the Rainforest? is part of the Amazon Interactive Web site. The site uses animation to show the rainfall in the Amazon as compared to the United States. Links to additional rainforest information and educational Web sites are accessible from this site. The site is hosted by Educational Web Adventures.
What to Do
As children view the animated rain gauge, demonstrate how tall 10 feet is. You may wish to use a tape measure or the height of the classroom ceiling as a comparison. Help children find and click the region of the country where they live. You may want to have them click other United States regions. Children may enjoy finding the region of the country where it rains most or least.
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| Forest Animals |
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About the Site
The Temperate Deciduous Forest features drawings and detailed information about a variety of forest animals. The data and drawings are from the Multimedia Animal Encyclopedia in conjunction with The Evergreen Project. The introductory paragraph and the data in the charts are too difficult for children to read. Be sure to paraphrase selected information for them.
What to Do
Tell children that animals that live in this forest must change during cold winters and hot summers. Ask children to make a list of animals that live in a forest. If you do not live in a temperate zone, you may want to show children a map and tell them where these forest animals live.
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About the Site
The Animal Tracks Den presents Striped Skunk Tracks, a Web page featuring photographs, drawings, and brief descriptions of skunk footprints and the habits of skunks. The writer tells an amusing anecdote about an encounter with a skunk. You will have to read or paraphrase the page for children. The main page of the site offers games, quizzes, and additional information on tracking animals.
What to Do
Explain that animal tracks are "footprints" they may leave in snow, wet soil, or sand. Invite children to tell about animal tracks they have seen. Ask children what other animal footprints they might find in the forest.
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| Woodland Animals |
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About the Site
The Colorado Division of Wildlife hosts Discovery Pages to allow children to learn about wildlife.
Lesson Objectives
Students will use the Internet to learn about black bears. Students will watch a movie about black bears. Students will draw a picture of a black bear.
Suggested Additional Activities
Click on Did You Know? at the top navigation bar. Click on Are You Aware of Bears? Print out the book or a page or two and have the students color it. Do an Internet search on other Woodland Animals. Make a Woodland Animal class book to put in the Reading Center.
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About the Site
Children can meet some of the animals that live in the Wisconsin forest at this interactive Web site sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. When one of the animals on the poster is clicked, interesting text is displayed. Read the text to students. Be sure they know the animals in the poster are not shown life size. For example, the moth is not bigger than the owl.
What to Do
Read the introduction to the class. Ask volunteers to take turns clicking the animals. Then read aloud or paraphrase the text. Click Forest Poster part two to get to the second scene. You may want to have children create their own poster or mural of forest animals.
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