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Rainforest

Adventure!

Welcome to the tropical rainforest, I’m your tour guide

Tony! You never know what you might find out here, so let’s begin

our tour and see what we can find! Click the arrow below to get

started.

Today we are going to learn about all the layers of the rainforest and

the animals that live in these layers too!

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Fun Facts

During the lesson, click this arrow to go on to the next page.

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Click this button to learn some fun facts about rainforests.

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If you ever see a word that is highlighted, click on it to find out what it means

Highlighted: An area or spot that is highly

illuminated.

Lets see how much you already know about rainforests! In the box below type what you think rainforests are and why they are important. ( Don’t worry there are no right or wrong answers)

SUBMIT

Great Job!Those are

some great ideas! Click the forward arrow to learn some more about rainforests.

Lets start our adventure by finding out what rainforests are, and why they are important!

There are 4 layers of the rainforest, click one of the layers to learn more!

Emergent Layer

Canopy LayerUnderstory

LayerForest Floor

QUIZ

- Highest level of the rainforest

- Only the tallest trees reach this level, they

can grow up to 200 feet tall

- Since it is so high up, there is lots of sunlight

for the trees

- These trees do not grow closely together,

they have lots of room to spread out

Emergent Layer

Emergent Layer

Birds Small Monkeys

Butterflies Bats

Some animals that live in this layer are…

Click on the animal that does NOT live in the emergent

layer

NOT THIS ONE!

TRY AGAIN!

Remember only small animals can live that high up!

Great Job!!

You’re on your way to

becoming a professional

explorer!

-2nd level of the rainforest-These trees can grow from 100-150 feet tall-The canopy layer acts like an umbrella it stops sunlight and rain from reaching the lower levels

-This is the most diverse layer

Canopy Layer

Diverse: Lots of different kinds or forms of a thing

Some of the animals that live in the canopy layer are…

Canopy Layer

Lemurs Toucans

Sloths Parrots

Use the pen tool to draw a picture of one of the animals that lives in the

canopy layer

That looks Great!

You’re such a great artist!!

-3rd layer of the rainforest-This layer is dark and humid -There are lots of vines and vegetation

at this level

-There is not very much light at this level

-Plants in this layer are usually under 12 feet tall

Understory Layer

Vegetation: all the plants or plant life of a place

Some animals that live in this layer are…

Understory Layer

Snakes Butterflies

Frogs Insects

Find 2 animals that are found in the understory layer! Use the pen tool to circle them. Hit submit when you are finished.

Did you find both of them?

YES NO

Way to find them all!

Great Job!

Try Again!

Keep looking!

-Bottom layer of the rainforest-This layer only gets 1-2% of the sunlight that the upper layer gets

-There is very little plant life this far down

- It is full of dead leaves and plants -The rainforest floor is very humid

Forest Floor

Some animals that live in this layer are…

Forest Floor

Jaguars

Okapi

Bengal Tigers

Jaguar

Okapi

Tiger

Use the highlighter to complete the

word search and find the names of

the animals found on the

forest floor. Good Luck!

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Great Job!!

Did you find all the words?

Now that you’ve learned all about the rainforest, go back to the home page and click the “fun facts” button to learn more cool information.

Did you know….

Rainforests are found on every

continent except Antarctica

There are 30 million species of

plants and animals living in the tropical

rainforest

Did you know….

The trees are so densely packed, rain can take 10 minutes to reach

the ground

An area of a rainforest the size of

a football field is being destroyed

each second

Did you know….

More than 20% of the world’s oxygen is produced in the Amazon Rainforest

Rainforests only cover 6% of the earth’s

surface but contain more than ½ of the world’s plant and animal species

Now that you’re a pro explorer, let’s see how well you were paying attention. Go to the home screen and click on the “Quiz” button to begin the quiz!

CORRECT!

TRY AGAIN!

TRY AGAIN!

TRY AGAIN!

Forest Floor

Canopy Layer

Emergent Layer

Understory Layer

Click on the layer that is shown in the picture to the right.

CORRECT!

TRY AGAIN!

TRY AGAIN!

TRY AGAIN!

Forest Floor

Canopy Layer

Emergent Layer

Understory Layer

Click on the layer that is shown in the picture to the right.

CORRECT!

TRY AGAIN!

TRY AGAIN!

TRY AGAIN!

Forest Floor

Canopy Layer

Emergent Layer

Understory Layer

Click on the layer that is shown in the picture to the right.

CORRECT!

TRY AGAIN!

TRY AGAIN!

TRY AGAIN!Forest Floor

Canopy Layer

Emergent Layer

Understory Layer

Click on the layer that is shown in the picture to the right.

You did a great job! Now it’s time to move on to the second part of

the quiz.

You did a great job!

TRY AGAIN!

CORRECT!

TRY AGAIN!

CORRECT!

ELEPHANTS

BENGAL TIGERS

JAGUARS

BIRDS

Look at the picture and pick which two animals live in that layer.

Forest Floor

Great Job!Jaguars and Bengal Tigers live in the forest

floor layer

TRY AGAIN!

CORRECT!

TRY AGAIN!

CORRECT!

SNAKES

SLOTHS

TOUCANS

KANGAROOS

Look at the picture and pick which two animals live in that layer.

Canopy Layer

Great Job!Toucans and sloths live in the canopy layer

TRY AGAIN!

CORRECT!

TRY AGAIN!

CORRECT!BUTTERFLIES

MONKEYS

BATS

JAGUARS

Look at the picture and pick which two animals live in that layer.

Emergent Layer

Great Job!Bats and butterflies live in the emergent

layer

CORRECT!

TRY AGAIN!

TRY AGAIN!

CORRECT!

INSECTS

FROGS

BIRDS

MONKEYS

Look at the picture and pick which two animals live in that layer.

Understory Layer

Great Job!Frogs and insects live in the understory

layer

Way to go!

You finished the quiz! You’re

officially an expert explorer now!