Amazon Rainforest

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Amazon Rainforest

• The Lungs of the World

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Rainforest

• Introduction
• Informational essay prompt
• What is a rainforest?
• Where is the Amazon rainforest?
• What are the layers of the rainforest?
• What unusual animals live in the rainforest?
• What unusual plants grow in the rainforest?
• What indigenous people live in the rainforest?
• How does destruction of the rainforest affect
  mankind?
• Sounds of the Rainforest
• Rainforest Wrap-up
• Work cited page

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Introduction

• "Rainforests cover less than two percent of the
  Earth's surface, yet they are home to some 50 to
  70 percent of all life forms on our planet. The
  rain forests are quite simply, the richest,
  oldest, most productive and most complex
  ecosystems on Earth"

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Rainforest Prompt
Task Write an informative essay about the
Amazon Rainforest. Procedure Gather detailed
facts about this unique biome. Include
information about the layers, the animals, the
plants, and the indigenous people. Remember to
include interesting introductory and concluding
paragraphs, and evidence to support your facts.
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What is a rainforest?

• Amazon Rainforest
• What is a rainforest?

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Where is the Amazon rainforest?

• World rainforests map
• Amazon rainforest map

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What are the layers of the rainforest?

• Click on the question
• and follow the links.

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What unusual animals live in the rainforest?

• Q A About the Rainforest Animals
• Rainforest Animals
• Life on Land
• The Big Top
• Amazon Rainforest Animals
• Wilderness Classroom
• Animals, Animals, Animals
• Virtual Rainforest

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What unusual plants grow in the rainforest?

• Journey to Amazon Plants
• Amazon Plants
• Rainforest Plants

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What indigenous people live in the rainforest?

• People of the Rainforest
• Pygmies, Huli, Yanomami

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How does destruction of the rainforest affect
mankind?

• How Rainforest Destruction Affects You
• Rainforest Destruction
• Save the Rainforest
• Products of the Rainforest

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Sounds of the Rainforest

• Natures Music

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Rainforest Wrap-up

• Rainforest Facts
• Interesting Facts About Rainforests
• Preserving the Rainforest
• The Disappearing Rainforests

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Work Cited

• http//www.earthrenewal.org/Rainforest20Unit.htm
• http//ieeni.org/Rainforest-Children2C.jpg
• www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson405/Per
  suasiveWritingScoringGuide.pdf