Multcolib School Corps Picks Rain Forests Grade 3
Annotation:Rainforest Food Chains examines the delicate balance of life maintained in lush Southeast Asian tropical rain forests.
Annotation:Provides an overview of the rain forests of the world and describes the rain forests of the Pacific Northwest and the life that they support.
Annotation:Provides facts and activities that explore tropical and temperate ancient forests, discusses how individuals can help preserve them, and describes well-known and unfamiliar creatures of the rain forest.
Annotation:The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.
Annotation:Describes the work of Dr. Nalini Nadkarni and other scientists in tropical and temperate rain forest canopies.
Annotation:This overview of the rain forest is enhanced with acetate pages that allow seeing different views of some scenes.
Annotation:Green worlds -- In the treetops -- Forest floor -- On the ground -- The sustaining forest -- Insect trap -- Setting seed -- Forest food web -- Water world -- Getting around -- Constant danger -- Finding a mate -- Forest at night -- Temple of the sun -- Forests and people -- Fragile forests
Annotation:Illustrated guide to the plants, animals, and insects found in the world's tropical rain forests.
Annotation:Takes a journey through a rain forest, investigating the plants and animals that dwell there.
Annotation:Takes readers on a walk through a tropical rain forest, showing examples of how the animals and plants depend on each other and their environment to survive.
Annotation:Follow the rain-forest expert Nalini Nadkarni as she climbs through layers of foliage, from the dark forest floor to the misty cloud canopy that teems with life.
Annotation:Experience the sites and sounds of the jungle as you journey through the rainforests of the world. Learn about pollination, propagation and photosynthesis and meet diverse creatures that inhabit these regions.
Annotation:The tropical rainforest is the home of millions of little known, exotic plants and animals. Unfortunately, many of them are threatened by extinction.
Annotation:Describes how and where big cats live, and how they hunt.
Annotation:Presents a heavily illustrated introduction to the rainforests of the world and the plants, animals, resources, and people that are found there, as well as how these valuable areas are threatened by human activity.
Annotation:Filled with important facts, this book also uses beautiful, labeled illustrations to show life in rain forests from all over the world, such as Brazil, Costa Rica, and the Pacific Northwest of North America.
Annotation:How much rain falls in a rain forest? What is the world's heaviest insect? What the heck is a sausage tree? Why is it important to preserve the world's rain forests? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts.
Annotation:How much rain falls in a rain forest? What is the world's heaviest insect? What the heck is a sausage tree? Why is it important to preserve the world's rain forests? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts.
Annotation:Through the eyes of an eagle, the reader explores the ancient, but disappearing, rainforest of the Pacific Northwest.
Annotation:Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, reproduction, and habitat of frogs that live in the rain forest.
Annotation:Students will discover how the species of the rainforest have adapted to the temperature and humidity, and why the threat of its destruction will have a far-reaching impact on our planet. A visit with an ecologist at the Caribbean National Forest in Puerto Rico examines the work underway to restore the population of the endangered Puerto Rican parrot, while a hands-on investigation demonstrates the vital role that rainforests play in recycling water.
Annotation:Experience the sites and sounds of the jungle as you journey through the rainforests of the world. Students will learn about pollination, propagation and photosynthesis and meet diverse creatures that inhabit these regions.
Annotation:A simple introduction to the baby and adult animals that live in the rain forest.
Annotation:Photographs and text showcase some of the plants and animals that are found in the tropical rain forest.
Annotation:In rhyming text, the Cat in the Hat introduces the tropical rainforest and the ways in which its plants and animals interact.
Annotation:Describes the tropical rainforest and the life found there.
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Description
A collection of non-fiction materials about Rain Forests for students in grade 3.
English
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