Visit the Amazon basin and other rainforests.

LIVE FROM THE RAINFOREST (LFRF) explores the most diverse and concentrated areas of life on our planet -- the Amazon basin and other rainforests. It brings the Life and Earth sciences, and remote sensing to the classroom through video, hands-on, and online activities. Students get to know the scientists through chat sessions, television programs, and online field journals. There is even the opportunity to participate in an online collaborative project that will provide an incentive for students to get out and conduct field research in their own environments. Experience one of the most dramatic and interesting environments on Earth!

System Requirements

VIDEO: TV or VCR (Three one-hour programs were presented April 7, 14, and 21, 1998: "Mission to Planet Earth," "Worlds Beneath the Canopy," and "Connect Globally, Act Locally")

ONLINE: Internet access, viable via slow- or high-speed connection, e-mail, or WWW

PRINT: Teacher's Guide Pack includes a 80-page guide featuring hands-on activities, special PTK full-color LFRF poster, student worksheets, and more: $20.00

MULTIMEDIA KIT: Includes the Teacher's Guide Pack, a teacher resource video with rainforest background and segments demonstrating how to implement hands-on activities via classroom demonstrations, sample online materials, a set of 35 mm slides, and more: $125.00

Advance orders may be placed by calling 908-273-4108. Packs will be shipped when available in late February.

Access

http://passport.arc.nasa.gov/rainforest/intro.html

Additional Information

e-mail: ghaines@quest.arc.nasa.gov or ptkghs@aol.com

Check 1-800-626-LIVE for updates!

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LIVE FROM THE RAINFOREST is supported by NASA, NSF, public television, and other public and private collaborators.