Deep in the Rain Forest
10 total works
Simple text and stunning photography that introduce the main features of rain forests, including transport, resources and environmental threats. Opening world map shows their location. Rainforest activity sections in each book encourage children to become directly involved in the subject.
An introduction to rivers as a source of life for people, plants and animals which introduces the water cycle; the importance of rain to the life cycle of plants; the use of rivers through their resources (fish and gold); and as transport routes. The book also investigates the environmental threats from mining and gives step-by-step illustrations and instructions to show how to make a miniature canoe. Each title in this series can be used to teach a number of topics across the geography and science curriculum. A topic web and extension section at the back of the book suggests other areas of the curriculum that could be introduced. The activity at the end of each title introduces design and technology skills and engages children directly in the book.
Provides information on the rainforest flower that smells of rotten meat to attract the flies that pollinate it, and other ways plants and animals rely on each other. There is information on the valuable resources that the rain forests hold, from the coca beans that make chocolate, to the medicinal plant that is helping to treat leukaemia. The text also looks at threats to rainforest trees and plants and what can be done to help. It is one of a series which introduces the rain forest to children who are just starting to read on their own. Each title looks at popular topics studied in schools (for example, transport, resources and environomental threats) as well as topics that should keep the attention of young readers. Each title ends with an activity, which brings the rainforest into the young reader's own experience.
Explore the inside of a communal rainforest home, where each family has its own space to hang their hammocks and keep their possessions. This text on the people of the rainforest also looks at the threats of imported disease, and how farmers and mining companies are taking away land. It is one of a series which introduces the rain forest to children who are just starting to read on their own. Each title looks at popular topics studied in schools (for example, transport, resources and environomental threats) as well as topics that should keep the attention of young readers. Each title ends with an activity, which brings the rainforest into the young reader's own experience.
Describes the different types of predatory animals that inhabit the rain forests of the world and discusses their habits, hunting methods, and survival techniques.
Introduces aspects of rivers in the rain forest including their plants and animals, the water cycle, flooding, and mining.
Describes the different types of trees and plants that grow in the layers of the rain forest, the fruits, nuts, and vegetables they provide, and what threatens their survival.