Q1. What is a Tropical Rainforest?

Videos
Diagrams, Maps and Posters
Fact Sheets and Texts
Websites

Videos

Our Tropical Rainforest
Rainforest Features
The Water Cycle
Photosynthesis: the Energy Cycle
Food Webs

Diagrams, Maps and Posters
Rainforest Structure Diagram
Rainforest Rave Poster
Cryptosphere Identification Chart
Vegetation Map
Eastern Australian Rainforests Map
World Rainforests Map
National Rainforest Distribution Table

Wildlife Posters (in fact sheet form):

• Birds of the Wet Tropics
• Bush Tucker of the Wet Tropics
• Insects of the Wet Tropics
• Mammals of the Wet Tropics
• Reptiles of the Wet Tropics
• Snakes of the Wet Tropics

Fact Sheets and Texts
Canopy Fact Sheet
Climbing Strategies Fact Sheet
Climax and Pioneer Plants Fact Sheet
Leaf Shapes Fact Sheet
Cryptosphere Animal Groups Fact Sheet
Cryptosphere Insects Fact Sheet
Cryptosphere Arachnids Fact Sheet
Cryptosphere Vertebrates Fact Sheet
Other Cryptosphere Life Forms Fact Sheet
Fungus Fact Sheet
Seed Dispersal Fact Sheet
Webs of Life 1 Tropical Topics
Webs of Life 2 Tropical Topics
Light in the Rainforest Tropical Topics
Cassowary Education Kit Booklet
Our Tropical Rainforest Film Script
Rainforest Features Film Script
The Water Cycle Film Script
Photosynthesis Film Script
Food Webs Film Script

Websites
Amazon centre for Environmental Education and Research – how do rainforests work?

Passport to Knowledge – lots of geosystem and ecosystem information and maps

Missouri Botanical Garden site – biomes of the world (includes rainforest location and structure)

Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges – lots of Wet Tropics rainforest information

Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges – rainforest research information sheets (including those of the Rainforest CRC)

Other good ones

Enchanted Learning - all about rainforests summary

Cyberkids - general rainforest information

Dr Steve Blythe’s rainforest site – includes structure and threats and a butterfly cursor!!!!!

Oxfam Cool Planet – General tropical rainforest information