Animals of the Rainforest
A webquest for third grade

Introduction:  Your local zoo would like to include an exhibit of some of the animals of the tropical rainforests in South America, Africa, or Southeast Asia.

Challenge:  Your mission is to help the zoo achieve this goal.  If you decide to take on this challenge your job is to choose four animals to be included in the exhibit.  You will need to have the following information about them:

1.  A description of their habitat
2.  What the animal eats
3.  How the animal gets its food
4.  How the animal protects itself

Your Journey:  The information that you need to complete this mission can be found in the following web sites...
 

NAME
WEB SITE ADDRESS
Rain Forest Animals
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/animals/RFbiomes.shtml
Gander Academy's Animals of the Rainforest
 http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rainforest_animals.htm
Ecosystem of the Rainforest
 http://passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/main.html
Life of the Rainforest
 http://www.animalsoftherainforest.org/
Fun Animals of the Rainforest
 http://www.rmschool.com/studentweb/ying

To get even more information use try clicking on the following search engines:

  Ask Jeeves
Google 
Yahooligans
The following key words will be useful:
Tropical Rainforests
Biome
Habitat

GOOD LUCK!!!

If you have any questions or comments email Eve Trombley at etromble@zoo.uvm.edu