Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Teeming Life in Gabon's Rainforest

For Students 9th - 10th
The article, "Teeming Life in Gabon's Rainforest," covers a variety of topics related to rain forest life including A Plethora of Plants, What's in the Water, New and Exciting Herps, Birds in the Mist (Nets), Magnificent Mammals, and more.
Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Layers of the Rainforest

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson plan is designed to teach young children the four layers of the rainforest.
Handout
Other

Rainforest Alliance: Tropical Forests in Our Daily Lives

For Students 3rd - 8th
The tropical forests of the world are the source of numerous products we depend on every day. Find out why they are so beneficial and the action you can take to conserve them.
Unit Plan
Geographypods

Geographypods: Palm Oil, You, Me & Orangutans

For Students 9th - 10th
By completing the tasks, students will learn about the uses of the rainforest, what Palm Oil is, and where it is produced.
Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Will This Palm Oil Alternative Save Orangutans?

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the effects of palm oil cultivation on the world's rainforests and species who live there, and about the development of a new alternative to palm oil. Includes video.
Website
Other

Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge: Australia Rainforest

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides specific information about much of the Australian Rain Forest. Content ranges from the waterfalls to be found there to plants and wildlife.
Handout
American University

American University: Austria Timber Import Ban

For Students 9th - 10th
Cites an Austrian law that tried to limit tropical rainforest product imports through taxation and eco-labeling in order to slow the effects of deforestation due to export trade. The effort was met with so much economic opposition that...
Unit Plan
Eduweb

Eduweb: Indigenous Ecotourism

For Students 9th - 10th
This scholarly article overviews how ecotourism is tied to a survey of sustainable development in the case of Rio Blanco, Ecuador.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Unit 9: Biodiversity Decline

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an extensive learning module on biodiversity and its decline. It looks at ways biodiversity is threatened, the possibility of another mass extinction, the causes and consequences of habitat loss, factors that drive biodiversity...