Rainforest Explorers (Amazing Journeys)

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Suitable for both teachers and students, Rainforest Explorer is comprised of a resource rich library which includes videos, fact sheets, pictures, clip art andactivitysheets. We have chosen the following women as much for the feats they accomplished as the legacies they left behind them. 10. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner (Austrian, 1970-present) Most rainforests are structured in four layers: emergent, canopy, understory, and forest floor. Each layer has unique characteristics based on differing levels of water, sunlight, and air circulation. While each layer is distinct, they exist in an interdependent system: processes and species in one layer influence those in another.

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Rainforests are critically important to the well-being of our planet. Tropical rainforests encompass approximately 1.2 billion hectares (3 billion acres) of vegetation and are sometimes described as the Earth’s thermostat. First Englishwoman [ citation needed] to cross the Trans-Siberian Railway. Wrote about this in "The Ribbon of Iron". Travelled in Russian Turkestan and other parts of Russia.

Photographer, author, and filmmaker known for documenting the tribal cultures of Africa, most notably in partnership with Australian photographer Angela Fisher. Baré later entered into a relationship with renowned naturalist, PhilibertCommerçon, working as his valet and assistant, and joined him on a round-the-world expedition in 1766, which was led by Admiral Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. Many biologists expect rainforests will lose 5-10% of their species each decade. Rampant deforestation could cause many important rainforest habitats to disappear completely within the next hundred years. Help kids learn about rainforests, and all of the weird and wonderful creatures that live inside them with these fun kids rainforest project ideas. This list contains a range of arts and crafts ideas, interactive games, and more! So, whatever, you’re looking for, we have you covered.

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Understory plants often produce flowers that are large and easy to see, such as Heliconia, native to the Americas and the South Pacific. Others have a strong smell, such as orchids. These features attract pollinators even in the understory’s low-light conditions. Decomposers, such as termites, slugs, scorpions, worms, and fungi, thrive on the forest floor. Organic matter falls from trees and plants, and these organisms break down the decaying material into nutrients. The shallow roots of rainforest trees absorb these nutrients, and dozens of predators consume the decomposers!

Our blog writers have many years of experience in teaching and parenting. Using this dual expertise, their blogs break down the curriculum and 'teacher speak', offer guidance on family wellbeing and provide handy lists of the very best Twinkl has to offer parents on a wide range of subjects. World traveler, writer, poet, polyglot and theosophist, who was the second European woman to circle the world solo. In an eight-year travel, she explored North and South America, Oceania, Australia, East Asia, and India. First person to ski alone across the Antarctic land-mass using only personal muscle power, as well as the first woman to cross the Antarctic land-mass alone Temperate rainforests are located in the mid-latitudes, where temperatures are much more mild than the tropics. Temperate rainforests are found mostly in coastal, mountainous areas. These geographic conditions help create areas of high rainfall. Temperate rainforests can be found on the coasts of the Pacific Northwest in North America, Chile, the United Kingdom, Norway, Japan, New Zealand, and southern Australia.