EE Organizations and Projects - Rainforest
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Links on this page include organizations and projects primarily concerned with education about rainforests - preserving species and ecosystem biodiversity. You will also find topic-specific information on EE-Link in these other areas: Environmental Information (key links for information and organizations) Classroom Resources (activities and materials for EE). Lesson Plans (preK-12 lesson plans for the classroom).
Earn undergrad or grad credits through program offered by Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College. The purpose "is to give the student firsthand experience of the biodiversity found in tropical rain forests and tropical oceanic islands."
The URL is: http://www.lv.psu.edu/jxm57/galapagos/
A kids educational site featuring rainforest animals' images and facts. Created by sixth graders at Midlakes Middle School, Clifton Springs, New York.
The URL is: http://www.animalsoftherainforest.org/
Curricula, Teaching Aids, and Resource Guides from the Rainforest Action Network.
The URL is: http://www.ran.org/info_center/factsheets/
World Class Adventures in Education, is a course for English speaking undergraduate students interested in studying the rainforest. Students will receive credit in Tropical Ecology, Natural History, Biodiversity Conservation and Spanish.
The URL is: http://www.educationabroad.com/
The Amazon River Elementary School (ARES) Project will directly link K-6 classrooms to children in the Amazon rain forest through art and technology in the 2000/2001 school year. The project is supported by COICA (The Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin), WorldTeach and The Peace Studies Department at Siena College.
The URL is: http://www.ccph.com/cota/index.html
Topics include: Rainforests of the World; Causes of Rainforest Destruction; Solutions to Rainforest Destruction; Indigenous Peoples of the Rainforest; Rainforest Countries: Maps and Background Information.
The URL is: http://www.forests.org/
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