PPT-Official Rainforest Explorer Training Program

Miss Muscos Second Grade Class Click on me to get started So you want to be an explorer Hello there My name is Mikey the Monkey and Im here to teach you all about the rainforest If you complete everything in this project then you can become a real Rainforest Expert Explorer Dont worry Ill be here to help you every step of the way After all this is my home Click on me again to go to the main menu. COFFS HARBOUR NSW 2450Reference Books for Rainforest Tree Identification Judy and Katherine. We are learning about the rainforest. Rainforests are hot, steamy places were it rains a lot. Rainforests are the wettest areas of land in the world. More than 32 feet of rain may fall during a single year in some rainforests.. Case Study. By Giovanni, Lauriane and Jessica.. % decrease in forest cover per year between 2000 and 2005.. Change in deforestation in Congo. Human importance of the rainforest. Rich and diverse ecosystem provides food, shelter, fresh water and medicine for more than 75 million people. By: Michael Anaya & . Emanoel. . Lorenzzutti. Forest of tall trees that is hot all year around and gets about 50 to 260 in. of rainfall a year. . Brazil Nut Tree. Famous for reaching heights of over 160 feet, the Brazil nut tree towers above other trees in the Amazon rainforest. During January and February, its fruit -- which is the size of a baseball and can weigh up to 5 pounds -- ripens and falls to the ground, reaching speeds of up to 50 mph on its descent. Inside the fruits’ hard, woody exterior are anywhere from 10 to 21 nuts arranged in a pattern similar to segments of an orange. The outer casing of the fruit is so hard that only one known animal -- the agoutis, a large rodent with sharp, chisel-like teeth -- can crack it open. In just one year, a Brazil nut tree can produce some 250 pounds of nuts.. by . Ms. Gladman. Rainforests are all over the world.. There are four main layers of the rainforest.. Animals live in all of the different layers.. The . forest floor . is the lowest layer in the rainforest.. By: Meredith Brown, Deandra Thomas, Jenna Banwell, and Samantha Maxson. Strangler fig. Canopy. Bromeliad. Climate and temperature chart. Mountains. Cloud Forests. Lichens. Food Web. Rainforest locations. By Teja, Mridh, Justin, Jayden. W. orld Location. There are Rainforests in Australia, Africa, Asia, North America, and South America.. Climate. In the Rainforest there are no seasons. I is always hot and wet. The average teetered is around 70°F to 90°F.. Tropical rainforest – A forest of tall trees found in a region of year-round warmth. (Equator).. Average precipitation (rainfall): 1250mm – 6600mm.. Home to greatest variety of living things in the world. – Huge biodiversity.. Temperate Rainforest. The Temperate Rain Forest is a richly productive biome. Mild temperatures and abundant rainfall encourage plant growth, and the forest is covered with plant life at every level. Because chemical reactions occur more slowly at lower temperatures, the minerals in dead plant material are recovered more slowly than in the tropical rain forest. The forest floor is carpeted with fallen needles, and fungi grow on fallen logs.. Animals & Their Environment. 2016. Four “basic” layers of the rainforest. The rainforest has 4 basic layers. Plants and animal have adapted to the various layers. Each layer has a “MICROCLIMATE”. Today we are learning to…….. Describe why the rainforest is so important to us.. Explain why the rainforest is being destroyed.. Discuss how groups of people are trying to conserve the rainforests.. By: Erik Weber. Southern Cassowary. Found in Northern Australia, New Guinea, and surrounding islands.. Eats mainly fruit, vegetation, insects, and fungi.. Known as the “gardeners of the rainforest” because they eat the seeds of a fruit, then deposit it somewhere else in their feces.. Rafiq. Introduction. . . The rainforests of the world are important to us and animals. Rainforest are located in southern . A. sia , . S. outh America, Central America and the Pacific Islands. They are near the equator. It rains a lot and it is hot too. There are four layers in the rainforest. There are many animals and plants in the rainforest. That’s why rainforests are important to us. . The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, covering over five and a half a million square kilometres (1.4 billion acres).. Over half of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil but it is also located in other South American countries including Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Bolivia, Suriname and French Guiana..