Resources that come from a forest
You might be wondering, why is it so important to save our rain forest? What products come from a rain forest? While at the Baboon Sanctuary (in Belize) in the summer of 2013, our group was given a short tour of a rain forest. Here are some examples of what comes from a rain forest.
Great Links on Rainforest
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This link tells about different products that come from a rain forest. (About 5 minutes long)
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Some pictures from Mongabay of the Amazon rain forest.
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Bill Nye talks about ecosystems and biodiversity. (About 22 minutes)
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Enjoy some sounds of a rain forest (About 58 minutes).
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A song on energy and how we are using our energy resources up. (3 minutes)
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A Supernatural Adventures Kids take a look at the indigenous people of the rain forest. (9 min video)
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Supernatural Adventures Kids take a look at medicines from a rain forest. (5 Minute video)
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Supernatural Kids tell us how chocolate is made. (4 min 35 second video)
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Deciduous Forest-Tapping Trees for Maple Syrup
Mrs. HT visits the Cincinnati Nature Center to participate in the Maple Syrup collection and processing program. The tapping of maple trees for making maple syrup does not hurt the trees.
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Children's Network gives a step by step description
on how to tap a maple tree (13:25 min video). |
Children's Network shows how maple syrup and maple candy are made on a large scale production farm (7:39 min.).
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Tap your maple trees supplies from leadevaporator.com. This supplier has the maple syrup bags and buckets.