NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS WEBSITES
Natural environments websites
1.
Saving the rainforest
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/15/illegal -loggingdecline
2.
Excellent resource that could be used as a homework exercise for
schools without Youtube access
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQGk9gXbWtE
3.
GPS helps pygmies defend forest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7218078.stm
4.
More on GPS and protecting the rainforest
http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1114-google_earth-act.html
5.
The Prince’s Rainforests Project
http://www.rainforestsos.org/
6.
Explore natural environments
http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm
7.
Tropical rainforests information
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/rainforest.html
8.
Deforestation time lapse video
http://vimeo.com/4132707
9.
The lyre bird, to be seen to be believed (If you can get this in then do)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSB71jNq -yQ
10.
Pictures and images as starters
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2011/nov/09/amazon exhibition-sky-rainforest-rescue-inpictures#/?picture=381567748&index=5
11.
Rainforest sustainability in Costa Rica
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/rainforest -sustainability-costarica/3097.html
12.
Protecting the rainforest by putting walls up?
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/15254557
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13.
Some good information on products of the rainforest and thinking about
sustainability - also a great deforestation sketch which could be used as
a starter
http://www.thegeographer.co.uk/content/trf -sustainability-resources
Tundra
14.
The future of the tundra
http://www.fvhslibrary.com/Biomes/future%20of%20the%20tundra.pdf
15.
Tundra summary sheet
http://www.geographyhigh.connectfree.co.uk/s4wstunstuds.html
16.
Short clip on tundra (scroll down)
http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/can-people-live-work-tundra
17.
Tundra threats, maps and photographs
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/tundra
-profile/
18.
Inuit culture
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/polar/inuit_culture.html
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