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The Prince’s Rainforest Project for Schools

What it is: The Prince’s Rainforest Project for Schools is part of a campaign to help combat climate change by addressing rainforest destruction.  Schools can take part by signing up and learning more about rainforests.  The site features lesson plans, videos, fact sheets, a live webcam of the rainforest, photos, sounds, games, and assembly ideas.  The idea is to spread awareness about rainforest destruction. How to integrate The Prince’s Rainforest Project for Schools into the classroom: Support the rainforest by signing up your school and taking part in the Prince’s Rainforest Project for Schools.  If you are teaching about the rainforest, make this site part of your teaching.  The sounds, videos, and photos are excellent.  Students can play games and complete activities that will help them learn more about animals in the rainforest.  As students complete activities they can earn awards at each level. Tips: There are great free resources on this site, be sure to check them out! Leave a comment and tell us how you are using The Prince’s Rainforest Project for Schools in your classroom.

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Posted by admin | Posted in Art, Middle/High School, Secondary Elementary, Software, Teacher Resources, web tools, Websites | Posted on 25-06-2010

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Great news! Aviary has come out with a special education edition!  In the Education version, teachers can create private student accounts, manage assignments and projects, use the image editor, vector editor, audio editor, and music creator.  All content and images will be 100% school safe!  Right now the Education site is in Beta, you can request an invitation to test the site with your students.  If you aren’t familiar with the Aviary tools, check out my previous posts HERE. Aviary is a fabulous online alternative to those expensive Adobe creativity suites.

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Judith said on 02-07-2010

Wow! This looks like a terrific site. Thanks for sharing.

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