BBC Nature - Rainforest videos, news and facts Scrunchies May Save Birds From Nature's Fiercest Predator - Your Cat! Kids News Article Did you know that nature's deadliest predator is probably lurking in your neighborhood? Odds are, you may be even harboring it in your home. Confused? We are talking about your pet cat. Though they may appear cuddly and innocent, they are known to wreak havoc on their local ecology, killing birds, small mammals, and reptiles at an alarming rate. In addition to being beloved companions, cats have been a preferred method of pest control for humans for thousands of years. In the United States alone, about 80 million homes house at least one cat, while another 80 million wander as strays. While cat owners don't have an issue with the felines taking care of pesky mice and rats, they certainly have no desire to lose the innocent birds that are chirping in their yards. Dr. Hall teamed up with 114 cat owners and asked them to "freeze" everything their pets killed for two years, with and without them wearing the brightly colored scrunchies. Resources: IFLscience.com,uproxx.com
NASA: Earth Observatory Temperature 20°C to 25°C, must remain warm and frost-free Precipitation 2,000 to 10,000 millimeters of rain per year Vegetation Vines, palm trees, orchids, ferns Location Between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn Other There are two types of rainforests, tropical and temperate. Example: Campa Pita, Belize Description There are two types of rainforests, tropical and temperate. The tropical rainforest is a hot, moist biome where it rains all year long. Rainforests for kids What are the different layers of a Rainforest Called? There are four main parts of a Rainforest. They are: Emergent Layer - very sunny because it is the very top. Only the tallest trees reach this level. Who lives here? Canopy Layer - much of the rain is stopped by the thick foliage. Understory Layer - many vines, dense vegetation, not much light. Forest Floor - dark, damp, full of many dead leaves, twigs and dead plants. Click here to find out more
Weather vocabulary Weather is one of the most conversational topics in Britain. Therefore, if you know the basic vocabulary, you can talk to 60 million people. With 60 million conversation opportunities, it is well worth the little effort you need to put in. To make it as enjoyable as possible, there are several activities to help you learn all the words: a pictionary, a worksheet, a video and an interactive test. You can learn the vocabulary using the following infographic or pictionary: To get the pronunciation right, listen and repeat the words in the following video: After you learn the words, it is time to practise using the new vocabulary. Weather vocabulary worksheet full Weather vocabulary – quiz The following interactive quiz is made in HTML5, so it will play on all mobile devices. If you would like to display the quiz on the entire screen, click the button below: Weather vocabulary quiz This Post Has Been Viewed 1,141 Times
Rain Forest Facts and Information Found in the tropical climate near the equator, rain forests make up six percent of the earth's land surface, but produce 40 percent of its oxygen. The rain forest is made up of four layers: emergent, upper canopy, understory, and forest floor. Emergent trees grow far apart and tall, their branches reaching above the canopy. The upper canopy houses most of the rain forest's animal species, and forms a roof that blocks most light from reaching below it. Deforestation Recently, deforestation has reduced the amount of rain forest present around the globe. In Brazil, which houses about a third of the remaining tropical rain forests on Earth, more than 19 percent of the Amazonian rain forests were lost to deforestation since 1970, when only 2.4 percent of the rain forests there had been cleared. Biologists worry about the long-term consequences. Why "Rain" Forests? The rain forest is nearly self-watering. Benefits of Rain Forest Plants
What can we do to save the Earth? on PhotoPeach Already a member? Go to login. Embed in Blog <div><h4>Comments</h4><p> Menna very nice </p><p> J bisha a very nice presentation </p><p> angeal I like this video very much. Hey guest, we noticed you uploaded more than 30 photos ( photos) to this slideshow. Public Unlisted Invitation required 21 Photos 2711 Views 24 comments Primary - ABC Splash Home > Primary More Active Filters:Science Clear all filters Restore the reef Save the reef! Science Year: 6 false Renewable Energies Renewable energy sources provide cleaner, sustainable power that has the potential to meet all our energy needs. Science Year: 6, 7 Send me more stuff like this! Sign up for the ABC Splash weekly newsletter so you can find out about the new resources we add every day. Explore ABC Splash Watch, listen and play videos, audio clips and games. Follow us: About ABC Splash Games Live Events Primary Digibooks ABC Zoom Secondary Teaching resources QED: Cosmo's Casebook Parents Teachers FAQs Contact us Topics A-Z House Rules ABC Splash Partners
Find places on a grid map of the Rainforest - English (5,6) - ABC Splash - Overview Need some practise using grid references? Follow instructions to find four locations on a map. As you go, check the meaning and pronunciation of tricky words you might not know. Source: Education Services Australia Ltd | Learning area: English | Primary: Years 5, 6 About this resource Acknowledgements Source: Education Services Australia Ltd Cite this resource You can use this information to reference this item. Bibliographic details for 'Find places on a grid map of the Rainforest': Education Services Australia Ltd, ' Find places on a grid map of the Rainforest', ABC Splash abcspla.sh/m/31239 26 June 2014 Copyright information Metadata © Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Education Services Australia Ltd 2012 (except where otherwise indicated).
Go with the Flow! :: NASA Space Place Go with the Flow! "Go with the flow" means, "Relax! Let the current of life's river carry you along." But, in life, that is not always the best way to get where you want to go. In this game, you "Go with the Flow" only after you have fixed the currents to take you where you want to go. Salt makes water heavier, so it sinks.Heat makes water lighter, so it rises. In your "current management" toolbox, you have these tools: If you have tasted the ocean, you know it is very salty. Oops, that's not quite right. If the ocean water is warmer than the lake water, the ocean water might not sink. See, it's not simple! And what goes on in the ocean is really complicated. The ocean is salty, but some parts are more salty than others. But the ocean is big. This animation shows an example of the area covered by Arctic sea ice in winter and in summer. For example, every summer, some of the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean (near the North Pole) melts. This ocean motion is called the "great ocean conveyor belt."
Have a Greenhouse Gas Attack! :: NASA Space Place Have a Greenhouse Gas Attack! Some gases in the atmosphere are called greenhouse gases, because they have a greenhouse effect on Earth. If not for any greenhouse gas, Earth would be too cold. But too much greenhouse gas can make it too hot. Help Earth get rid of the excess greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. What this game is about In this game, different colored blocks stand for different kinds of greenhouse gases. Yellow balls fall from the top of the screen. Your job In the game, your job is to clear out some of the greenhouse gas blocks so that some of the red heat balls can escape back to space. Clear out greenhouse gas blocks by hitting them with a "metal" ball using the paddle at the bottom of the screen. Use the up-down-left-right arrow keys on your computer keyboard to control the paddle. As soon as you get a space cleared through the greenhouse gases, use the paddle to try to bounce the heat balls through the opening and back out to space. Help from satellites
Guess What? We Have Already Used Up All Of Earth's Resources For 2016 Kids News Article Monday, August 8, was Earth Overshoot Day. Calculated annually by the environmental advocacy group, Global Footprint Network (GFN), it is the day when humanity has consumed all the natural resources — produce, meat, fish, water, and wood — that our planet can regenerate in a single year. This means that for the rest of 2016, we will be using natural resources that are impossible to replace. For those that are a little confused, it is akin to spending your entire year’s allowance by August and then borrowing money from friends, knowing fully well that you cannot repay the loan. GFN says that the same thing happens in the case of the Earth, “because we emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than our oceans and forests can absorb, and we deplete fisheries and harvest forests more quickly than they can reproduce and regrow.” The date of Earth Overshoot Day, which varies each year, is calculated using the following formula: So who are the worst offenders?
GUARDIANS OF THE PLANET | ELT-CATION Through #MyClimateAction, National Geographic is sharing amazing stories of guardians of the planet – people who are proving the power of one. This lesson plan is designed around a 5-minute short film telling a fascinating story of the Snow Guardian who has been fighting his own climate battle for over 40 years. In this lesson, students make predictions, watch a video and talk about climate change. Language level: Intermediate (B1) – Upper Intermediate (B2) Step 1 Tell your students that they are going to watch a video about Billy Barr who lives in Gothic, Colorado – a ghost town that was abandoned in the early 1900s and remains empty during the winter months now, except for Billy Barr. Think-pair/team up-share Ask your students to think what their life would be like if they lived in a ghost town and were a snow guardian. (Click the following link to download the worksheet worksheet_snow_guardian) Step 2. Have the students think of 3 questions they’d like to ask the Snow Guardian. Step 3.