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Materials and Resources
Resource People:
- Sixth grade team members
- Wabash professors
- Purdue professors
- Agriculture Extension Agents
- Department of Forestry
Media Resources:
- Rain Forest. (1987.) 60 minutes. National Geographic
Society. Colombia Tristar Home Video, 3400 Riverside Drive,
Burbank CA 91505.
- The Rain Forest Rap. (1988.) 15 minutes. World Wildlife
Federation, Washington, DC.
- Rainforest for Children: Animals of the Rainforest.
(1996.) 25 minutes. Schlessinger Video Products, PO Box 1110,
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. 1-800-843-3620.
- Rainforest for Children: People of the Rainforest. (1996.) 25
minutes. Schlessinger Video Products, PO Box 1110, Bala Cynwyd,
PA 19004.
- 1-800-843-3620
- Rainforest for Children: Plants of the Rainforest. (1996.) 25
minutes. Schlessinger Video Products, PO Box 1110, Bala Cynwyd,
PA 19004.
- 1-800-843-3620
- Tropical Kingdom of Belize. (1987.) National
Geographic Society. Colombia Tristar Home Video, 3400 Riverside
Dr., Burbank, CA 91505
- Spirits of the Rainforest. (1993.) The Discovery
Channel Video Library, Discovery Enterprises Group, Bethesda, MD
20814.
- You Can't Grow Home Again. (1991.) 60 minutes. 3-2-1
Contact video series. Wings for Learning, PO Box 660002, Scotts
Valley, CA 95067-0002. 1-800-321-7511.
Books:
We pulled many resources from local city libraries in addition to
our own library.
- Content textbooks
- Lewis, Scott. The Rainforest Book. Los Angles: Living
Planet Press, 1990.
- Andrews, Julia L. Jungles and Rainforest. New York: Parachute
Press, Inc., 1991.
- Multiple Authors. "Neotropical Migratory Bird Issue," Wild
Bird. March 1995.
Teacher Created Resources (available
on this site)
Published Resources:
- Coil, Carolyn. Encouraging Achievement. Marion, IL: Pieces of
Learning 1999.
- Multiple Authors. Extended Thematic Unit-Rain Forest.
Huntington Beach, CA: Teacher Created Materials, 1995. pgs
94-96.
- Whittemore, Hank. "A Man Who Would Save the
World." Parade Magazine. April 12, 1992.
- Cannell, Michael. "New Species- Keep on Counting." Science
World. February 8, 1999.
- Lesson 4-"It's a Small World" (Map of Western
Hemisphere) Earth Foundation-Rainforest Curriculum 2000-2001.
- Lesson 5-"Information on TRF
products"-List/Earth Foundation Rain Forest Curriculum 2000-2001.
- Nowell, Paul. "Lowe's turns to 'responsibly harvested'
wood." Lafayette Journal and Courier. August
9, 2000.
- Assiociated Press. "Amazon tribe, outside world meet for
an hour." Lafayette Journal and Courier. April
9, 2001.
- Astor, Micheal. "Brazil wants to make sure tribe is
ok." Lafayette Journal and Courier. March 28,
2001.
- Unkown Author. "Amazon Alert." Time for
Kids. February 6, 1998.
- "Rio Verde Activity, " Super Science. 1992.
- Lane, Barry, and Gretchen Bernabei. Why We Must Run With
Scissors. Shoreman, VT: Discovery Writing Press, 2001.
Teacher/Student Informational Websites:
Rain
Forest Websites Previewed For Student Use
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