Resources for Teachers
Resource List
Shared Resources
- Summary of the Rainforest Alliance Curriculum [PDF, 5MB]
- Rainforest Alliance Lessons en Español [PDF]
- Learning Site Bibliography [PDF]
- Conservation in the Neotropics Overview [PDF]
- Introduction to Rainforests Presentation [PDF]
- Species Profiles
- Coloring Book
- Rainforest Layers: Species List [PDF]
- Profiles in Sustainability
- Conservation Coffee Summary [PDF]
- Tropical Forest Products in Our Daily Lives [PDF]
- Kids -- What You Can Do to Save Rainforests [PDF]
- Rainforest Coloring Book
- Rainforest Recipes [PDF]
- Ranger Rick Article: Coffee [PDF]
- Ranger Rick Article: Bananas [PDF]
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Rainforest Posters:
Download and print out this colorful two-page poster, which is available for you to use in explaining the layers of the rainforest, its products and the environmental threats facing many rainforests around the world. - Certificate [PDF]
Kindergarten
- Kindergarten Curriculum
- Colombia Slideshow [PDF]
- Colombia Slideshow Script [PDF]
- Chayo's Andean Home [PDF]
- El Hogar Andino de Chayo [ PDF]
- A Casa Andina de Chayo [PDF]
- Clara and the Armadillo [PDF]
- Clara y el Armadillo [PDF]
- Clara e o Tatu [PDF]
- Species Profiles
- Coloring Pages
- Adopt-A-Rainforest: Colombia Page
- Ranger Rick Article: Coffee [PDF]
- Fundación Natura
- Teacher Summary: Cachalú Biological Reserve, Colombia [PDF]
First Grade
- First Grade Curriculum
- Belize Slideshow [PDF]
- Belize Slideshow Script [PDF]
- Manny Manatee and the Mystery of the Murky Water [PDF]
- Manny el Manatí, y el Misterio del Agua Turbia [ PDF]
- Manny o Peixe-Boi e o Mistério da Água Escura [PDF]
- My Dad the Ranger [PDF]
- Mi Papá el Guardaparques [PDF]
- Meu Pai Guarda-Parque [PDF]
- Species Profiles
- Coloring Pages
- Adopt-A-Rainforest: Belize Page
- Ranger Rick Article: Bananas [PDF]
- TIDE's Web site
- Teacher Summary: Maya Mountain Corridor, Belize [PDF]
Second Grade
- Second Grade Curriculum
- Brazil Slideshow [PDF]
- Brazil Slideshow Script [PDF]
- Nelson's Journey Through the Amazon Rainforest [PDF]
- El viaje de Nelson por la Selva Amazonica [PDF]
- Le Voyage de Nelson dans le Foret Amazonienne [PDF]
- Species Profiles
- Adopt-A-Rainforest: Brazil Page
- Teacher Summary: Brazil and its People [PDF]
- Rainfall Data -- Brazil [PDF]
Third Grade
- Third Grade Curriculum
- From Beans to Bar Chocolate Slideshow [PDF]
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Species Profiles
- Bromeliad [PDF]
- Ocelot [PDF]
- Great Curassow [PDF]
- Capuchin Monkey [PDF]
- Three-Toed Sloth [PDF]
- Adopt-A-Rainforest: Ecuador Page
- Teacher Summary: Ghana Community Profile [PDF]
- Terrestrial Biomes -- Overview [PDF]
- How to Make a Terrarium [PDF]
- Ghana Case Study [PDF]
- Ghana Case Study Script [PDF]
Fourth Grade
- Fourth Grade Curriculum
- Ecuador Slideshow [PDF]
- Ecuador Slideshow script [PDF]
- From Beans to Bar Chocolate Slideshow [PDF]
- Romel's Rainforest Home [PDF]
- El Hogar de Romel en el Bosque Tropical [PDF]
- Romel e seu Lar na Floresta [PDF]
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Species Profiles
- Bromeliad [PDF]
- Ocelot [PDF]
- Great Curassow [PDF]
- Capuchin Monkey [PDF]
- Three-Toed Sloth [PDF]
- Adopt-A-Rainforest: Ecuador Page
- Teacher Summary: Chachi Community Profile, Ecuador [PDF]
Fifth Grade
- Fifth Grade Curriculum
- El Salvador Slideshow [PDF]
- El Salvador Slideshow Script [PDF]
- From Mountainside to Mug Coffee Slideshow [PDF]
- Alex Goes Exploring in El Imposible [PDF]
- Alex Explora El Imposible [PDF]
- Alex Explora o Parque Nacional O Impossível [PDF]
- Life in San Miguelito [PDF]
- La Vida en San Miguelito [PDF]
- A Vida em São Miguelito [PDF]
- Species Profiles
- Adopt-A-Rainforest: El Salvador Page
- Teacher Summary: El Imposible National Park, El Salvador [PDF]
Sixth Grade
- Sixth Grade Curriculum
- El Salvador Slideshow [PDF]
- El Salvador Slideshow Script [PDF]
- From Mountainside to Mug Coffee Slideshow [PDF]
- Alex Goes Exploring in El Imposible [PDF]
- Alex Explora El Imposible [PDF]
- Alex Explora o Parque Nacional O Impossível [PDF]
- Life in San Miguelito [PDF]
- La Vida en San Miguelito [PDF]
- A Vida em São Miguelito [PDF]
- Species Profiles
- Adopt-A-Rainforest: El Salvador Page
- Teacher Summary: El Imposible National Park, El Salvador [PDF]
Seventh Grade
Eighth Grade
- Eighth Grade Curriculum
- Guatemala Slideshow [PDF]
- Species Profiles
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Students Resource Pages
- Brochure Format [PDF]
- Certified Products from Guatemala [PDF]
- Classifying Ecological Zones [PDF]
- Forest Certification Principles [PDF]
- Maya Biosphere Reserve [PDF]
- Maya Biosphere Reserve Maps (Buffer Zone) [PDF]
- Maya Biosphere Reserve Maps (Uaxactún) [PDF]
- Sorting Out the Differences [PDF]
- Square Dot Matrix [PDF]
- Adopt-A-Rainforest: Guatemala Page
Climate Educator Guide
- Climate Educator Guide Curriculum
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Student Resource Pages
- Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations [PDF]
- Interview an Elder [PDF]
- Forest Carbon Cycle Stations [PDF]
- Carbon Cycle Poster [PDF]
- Sample Data Sheet for Recording Tree Measurements [PDF]
- About How Much Carbon Is in a Tree? [PDF]
- Forest Cover for Carmelita [PDF]
- Buffer Zone Forest Cover [PDF]
- Square Dot Matrix [PDF]
- Carbon Market Case Study: Carmelita [PDF]
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Teacher Page
- History of the Maya Biosphere Reserve [PDF]
- Forests and Climate Change: A Convenient Truth. A multilingual DVD on the connection between forests and climate change.
- Guatemala Slideshow
- REDD+ Global Canopy Programme. - This 3.5- minute video introduces REDD.
- In Forests: The Challenge of Climate Change and Poverty. Living on Earth. Air date week of April 23, 2010. - An interesting radio program on a REDD pilot project in Indonesia.