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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! Click the arrow to go on to the next page.

Fun Facts During the lesson, click this arrow to go on to the next page. Click this arrow to go back to the previous page. Click this button to learn some fun facts about rainforests. Click this button to go back to the main menu.

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

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

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 Layer Understory Layer Forest Floor

- 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

BirdsSmall Monkeys ButterfliesBats Some animals that live in this layer are…

Click on the animal that does NOT live in the emergent layer

Remember only small animals can live that high up!

You’re on your way to becoming a professional explorer!

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

Diverse: Lots of different kinds or forms of a thing

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

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

You’re such a great artist!!

- 3 rd layer of the rainforest - This layer is dark and humid - There are lots of vines and vegetationvegetation at this level - There is not very much light at this level - Plants in this layer are usually under 12 feet tall

Vegetation: all the plants or plant life of a place

Some animals that live in this layer are… SnakesButterflies Frogs Insects

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

Some animals that live in this layer are… Jaguars Okapi Bengal Tigers

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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!

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.

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

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

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

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

You finished the quiz! You’re officially an expert explorer now!