The Dynamic Rainforest  Grades 3-8

"Excellent package...encourages learning, good depth of information." -Australian Society for Educational Technology

The Dynamic Rainforest CD-ROM captures the life, color, and complexity of a tropical rainforest. Find out what lives there, how they survive, why there are so many different animals and how we can conserve them.

The Dynamic Rainforest reveals the working of the rainforest using interactive games, puzzles, sounds of the forest, video
documentaries, and stunning photographs. Use the CD-ROM to introduce your students to some of the key animals, plants, and other organisms. Your students will also be introduced to the underlying processes and factors which determine the survival of organisms in this rich environment.

• Explore The Living Forest. Where does the green possum feed? How many frogs can you find?
• Play The Struggle for Light to discover how a fallen tree helps create diversity.
• Is that really a cat in the rainforest? Choose Sounds of the Forest to find out.
• What and where was Gondwana? Why was it so important to Australia's tropical rainforests? Find out in The Living Museum.
• Play Pick The Partners to discover how animals and plants compete and cooperate.

Developed by CSIRO, Australia's
largest scientific agency.

Navigate your way under the
dense rainforest canopy.

Assess your students through the
Tree Identifier quiz.