ARTS & CRAFTS RESOURCES Printable Coloring Pages Printable Word Search Puzzles FREE Clip Art		You are here: Teach >Thematic Units > Rain Forest     Internet Activities for Rain Forest     Rain Forest Sounds (All Grades) Listen to animal and other natural sounds found in the rain forest at this site. Students can also make up their own game using information about rain forest people and animals found in the database. http://www.christiananswers.net/kids/sounds.html Leaf Cutting Ants Movie (All Grades) Watch a clip about Leaf Cutting Ants found in the rain forest. Have students compare what they see in the movie with the behavior of ants in their own neighborhoods. http://www.smm.org/sln/tf/f/fungus/fungus.html Map of South America (All Grades) Print and color this map of South America. Students can also label the rain forest areas of South America. http://www.chunkymonkey.com/rainforest/southamerica.htm Rain Forest Pictures (Pre-K-1) This site contains pictures of the rain forest that students can print to create their own mural or use in a report or class project. http://www.amnhonline.org/NationalCenter/online_field_journal /dr/drft/drftmain.html Adopt a Rain Forest Animal (Pre-K-1) Students can adopt an animal from the rain forest at this site (it's just pretend!) Pictures of the animals they adopt can be printed and downloaded. http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/earthday/adopt.html Hide and Seek (2-3) At this site, students find rain forest creatures hidden in a picture. When they click on the picture, they can learn facts about the animal. http://vme.net/dvm/ARNHA/forest.html Draw Rain Forest Animals (2-3) Learn how to draw a butterfly and a toucan from the rain forest using these instructions. Students can decorate their classrooms or projects with their creations. http://www.chunkymonkey.com/rainforest/butterfly.htm http://www.chunkymonkey.com/rainforest/toucan.htm Rain Forest Stories (2-3) Read fictional stories about the adventures of rain forest animals at these sites. Have students write their own rain forest story or write a class story by having each student contribute one sentence to it. http://www.chunkymonkey.com/rainforest/toniwatoucan.htm http://www.chunkymonkey.com/rainforest/bahawa.htm Fact Sheets (2-3) Fact sheets about the rain forest can be printed at this site. From the sheets, students can create question and answer games on bulletin boards. http://www.ran.org/info_center/factsheets/index.html More Advanced Materials: