Rainforest Project - 3rd Grade

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Trade Books: 
Rainforest for 3rd Grade

 

Rain Forest Books:
333.75 WOO 
Woods, Mae. Protecting the rain forest. Describes the characteristics of rain forests, their importance to the world's environment, and what can be done to preserve them from further destruction.

574.5 STO 
Stone, Lynn M. Amazing rain forest. Find out where tropical rain forests exist, what they are like and how some of the plants have very special uses.

574.5 STO 
Stone, Lynn M. Vanishing rain forest. Read about the tragic destruction of the Earth's rain forests and why it is so important they are preserved.

577.34 BAK 
Baker, Lucy,  Life in the rain forests. Describes the importance of rain forests, types of plant and animal life that live there, and how rain forests are threatened by deforestation.

577.34 KIT 
Kite, Lorien. A rain forest tree. Describes the plants and animals that live at the different levels--canopy, understory, and floor--in a rain forest.

577.34 MAG 
The Magic school bus in the Rain Forest. The class takes an eye-opening journey through the rain forest's web of life.

577.34 MUR 
Murray, Peter,  Rainforests. Briefly describes rain forests, telling where they are found and what plants and animals live there, particularly in the upper levels known as the canopy.

577.34 PRA 
Pratt, Kristin Joy. A walk in the rainforest. An alphabetical introduction to the animals and plants of the rainforest.

577.34 WIL 
Willow, Diane. At home in the rain forest.  Describes some of the plants and animals that can be found in the rain forest.

577.34 YOL 
Yolen, Jane. Welcome to the green house. Describes the tropical rainforest and the life found there.

578.734 GRU 
Grupper, Jonathan. Destination : rain forest. Describes the unique environment of and the varied animal and plant life found in the world's tropical rain forests. 

591.734 WOO 
Woods, Mae. Animals of the rain forest. Examines the physical characteristics and behavior of various animals found in the rain forest, including monkeys, jungle cats, and frogs.

591.909 SAV 
Savage, Stephen, Animals of the rain forest. Describes the environment
of the rain forest and some of the birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles that live there.

743 DUB 
DuBosque, D. C. Draw rainforest animals. Real art instruction, organized
sequentially, illustrated precisely, and humorously captioned, to encourage students interested in rain forests.

Story Books:
E BAK 
Baker, Jeannie. Where the forest meets the sea. On a camping trip in an Australian rain forest with his father, a young boy thinks about the history of the plant and animal life around him and wonders about their future.

E BAN 
Banks, Joan. Song of La Selva : a story of a Costa Rican
rain forest. A strawberry poison dart frog travels through a Costa Rican rain forest searching for his territory.

E CHE 
Cherry, Lynne. The great kapok tree : a tale of the Amazon rain
forest. 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.

E COW 
Cowcher, Helen. Rain forest. Describes how the rain forest is a peaceful, verdant place until man threatens its lush beauty.

Teacher Items:
Pro 614 STE 
Sterling, Mary Ellen. Ecology : thematic unit. Huntington, Beach, CA: Teacher Created Materials, Inc., 1991.

VID 577.34 RAI v.2 
People of the rainforest. Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video Productions, c1996. Looks at the many different people living in the rain forests of Costa Rica, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, and Indonesia.

VID 577.34 RAI v.3 
Plants of the rainforest. Bala Cynwyd, PA : Schlessinger Video Productions, c1996. Looks at the many different plants found in the rainforests of Costa Rica.

VID 577.34 TOT 
Totally tropical rain forest. Washington, DC : National Geographic Video, c1994. Narrator, Dudley Moore. Explores the rain forests of Central and South America. Focuses on their wonderfully weird plant and animal life, such as poison-arrow frogs, howler monkeys and sloths.

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