Aimee Kelly
SLM 521
Spring 2004
Weblink Bibliography
Aimee’s Tropical Rainforest Link Bibliography
What’s it like where you
live? – This site is a part of a larger Biomes site. The two types of rainforests, the temperate and
tropical are defined. The site includes
a nice map showing the locations of both types of rainforests. Other great text features like graphs are
also included. This site gives
information on some interesting tropical rainforest animals and plants. It also gives information about the special
adaptations rainforest plants have.
Finally, the site includes links to other rainforest sites.
Date
visited – March 25, 2004
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/index.htm
BSRSI Rainforest Report
Card – When entering this site, you must click on the link for the
Rainforest Report Card. It is not
possible to link directly to the Report Card.
This site contains basic information about tropical rainforests as well
as loads of information about deforestation, including deforestation
movies. Statistics on forest loss are
given as well as the projected future for the rainforest. The Virtual Rainforest is the highlight of
this site. It is very cool.
Date visited – March 25, 2004
http://www.bsrsi.msu.edu/
**Rainforest
Alliance – For Kids and Teachers - This site
contains fun things for kids like on-line rainforest stories, the frog pond, a
collection of facts about various rainforest frogs, and a link to the learning
site. For teachers, there are book
lists for rainforest study, fundraising ideas and great instructional
ideas.
Date
visited – March 25, 2004
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids_teachers/index.html
Humans
of the Rainforest – When visiting this site, you must first click on the
“Visit Site” button. Then a very
kid-friendly site explaining the basics of life for an indigenous people in the
rainforest is available. Links to other
aspects of the rainforest are available at the bottom of the page.
Date visited – March 25, 2004
http://library.thinkquest.org/5393/humans_rf.html
McDonald’s
Rainforest – This is a site maintained by the Aukland Zoo in New
Zealand. It includes rainforest basics,
how people have affected the amount of rainforests in New Zealand, how to help,
and more. There are select animals with
options including reading about the animal, listening to the animal, and
watching a video of the animal. Fun
stuff is also featured including recipes, crafts, and more.
http://www.zoorainforest.co.nz/
Thinking
Fountain – Tropical Rainforest Cluster – This site information from the
Science Museum of Minnesota's IMAX movie.
It includes information and activities about the Banana Pusher (bird),
the equator, the strata of the rainforest, and fungus. It is set up in a fun, kid-friendly way.
Date visited – March 23, 2004
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/nav/tropicalcluster.html
**Amazon
Interactive – This site is a gold mine because it contains a significant
amount of information about the people of the rainforest. What a find! It talks about who lives there and how they make a living. It is specifically focused on the Amazon
rainforest, so, it also talks about the location of the Amazon and how rainy it
is.
Date visited – March 23,
2004
http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
Rainforest Action Network – Kids’ Corner
– This is a wonderfully kid-friendly site that is very motivating. It contains a Kid’s Action section and a
Rainforest Heroes! section with ideas for children to help save the rainforest
and examples of kids who have helped.
There is also information for the Protect-an-Acre program. The site also contains a Fun Stuff section
with an art gallery, recipes, crafts, games, and much more. Finally, there is a About Rainforests section
with information and a Teacher’s Corner with instructional resources.
Date visited – March 23,
2004
http://www.ran.org/kidscorner/
Kids at the Living Rainforest
– The Living Rainforest is located in the United Kingdom. However, their web site does list some
information and great pictures about some of the plants and animals exhibited
at their facility. Also available on
this site are downloadable activity sheets on rainforest animals.
Date visited – March 23,
2004
http://www.livingrainforest.org/for/kids/
**Dr.
Blythe’s Rainforest Education Site – This site includes information on the
layers of the rainforest, threats to the rainforest, medicines from the
rainforest, and journeys of the author including Borneo, Tobago, and the
Maya. A photo gallery of animals, and a
sight and sound section including audio recordings and slide shows are also
features.
Date visited – March 23,
2004
http://www.rainforesteducation.com/
Vanishing
Rainforests – This site could be particularly motivational to students
because it was created by fourth graders.
It includes great maps, poetry and art about the rainforest, information
on the destruction of the rainforest, and information on the Mayan culture of
Central America. There is a very large
animal section with information and a picture for many animals. Links to other school projects and the
resources they used are also included.
Date visited – March 23,
2004
http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/projects/fourth/rainforests/main.html
**Science
in the Rainforest – This site lives up to the reputation that PBS has. A highlight is the self-guided tour with
options based on the interest of the participant. The amount of reading would be difficult for some students but it
would be great as a class activity with a digital projector. The site also includes a trivia contest and
more.
Date visited – April 19,
2004
http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/index.html
**Global Response – Kids
Page - The current Global Response emphasis is the tropical rainforest in
the Democratic Republic of the
Congo. This site gives kids information
about the problem and gives them advice on how to help. It also has games, a kids art gallery,
information on how to adopt a species, and a parent/teacher section.
Date visited – April 19,
2004
http://www.globalresponse.org/kidsactions.php
KuKura Adventure Story – The story of
KuKura will surely capture the attention of a child. This strange creature is the guardian of the rainforest and he
teaches children why the rainforest is so important.
Date visited – April 19,
2004
http://www.greenkeepers.com/
**Passport to the
Rainforest – This site contains all the basic information and more. It is well organized with links to
everything. Maps for each of the
continents with tropical rainforests are included. Many plants, animals, and insects are listed with information and
black-line pictures. Passport to the
Rainforest also lists researchers who are working to bring more information
about rainforest to the public. Among
these researchers are high school students.
Date visited – April 19,
2004
http://passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/main.html
Where
are the Rainforests – This wonderful site’s main feature is a map with hot
links at the locations of rainforests.
A student can click on the rainforest and then learn about it.
Date visited – April 20,
2004
http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/where.html#TOP
Webquests and Clickable Worksheets
Dr.
Green’s Rainforest Mystery – This webquest for third graders studying the
rainforest will lead students on an adventure of discovery. It includes teacher directions and student
directions. Get started!
Date visited – April 19,
2004
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/drgreen/
Rainforest
Vacations? This webquest leads the
students as they address the question of whether or not ecotourism in the rainforest
is a good idea. Student directions and
a teacher page are included.
Date visited – April 19,
2004
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/web
quests/rainforest/
Tropical
Travelers – This webquest presents the idea that the students are
scientists and journalists sent to the rainforest to do research. The professionals are to help people find
out what the rainforest is like and determine its importance.
Date visited – April 19,
2004
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/tropical/
Tropical Rainforest
Environments – Clickable Worksheet – This interactive website is a
motivational way for students to learn about the rainforest. Questions are posed of the students and
links given to find the answers. Kids
learn many things from what a biome is to how plants have adapted to the
rainforest.
Date visited – April 20,
2004
http://www.midcoast.com.au/~ttc/rf2.html
Sites for Teachers (Sites above marked** are also for
teachers.)
Rainforest Biomes – This
site contains information about plants, animals, and climate. This site sets itself apart from others by
having a section devoted especially to Southeast Asian rainforests.
Date visited – April 20,
2004
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm
Enchanted Learning
- Rainforest – This site is chock full of information on most aspects of
the rainforest. There are headings and
information on what and where the rainforests are, the strata, animals,
rainfall, temperature, soil, people, and the importance of the rainforest. Within all this information there are also
many hotlinks that take you to additional information and diagrams within this
site to give more and further explain.
Date visited – March 23,
2004
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/
Cool
Planet – tropical rain forest – This site offers some general information
about rainforests in Africa and information about plants including trees,
lianas, and epiphytes. It also touches
briefly on animals and conservation.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/ontheline/explore/nature/trfindex.htm