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A rainforest is a forest of very tall trees where it rains a lot. The biggest rainforests grow near the middle of the Earth, where it is warm all year.

It never freezes in a tropical rainforest. It is warm by day and still warm at night.

A rainforest has floors, like a tall house. At the very top a few giant trees poke out into the sun and wind. Below them the treetops make a thick green roof called the canopy.

Under the canopy it is shady. Small trees, vines and ferns grow there. At the bottom is the forest floor: dark, wet and covered in fallen leaves.

Experiment: Catch the water from leaves

1. Find a leafy branch or a plant in a sunny spot.
2. Put the bag over a bunch of leaves. Do not pick the leaves.
3. Close the bag gently around the stem with the string.
4. Close the empty bag too and hang it next to it.
5. Guess: what will be in the bags tomorrow?
6. Look the next day. Which bag has water drops in it?

Bag	Water drops tomorrow?
Bag on leaves	My guess
Empty bag	My guess

Questions

1. Draw a rainforest with the treetops, the canopy and the forest floor. Add one animal.

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2. Is the forest floor dark or bright?

   dark / bright

3. What did you see in the bag on the leaves?

Sources for every fact on this sheet: echoesof.science/school/rainforests/sources/

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