RESOURCES

**Websites related to //Where the Forest Meets the Sea//:** Jeannie Baker’s website: [] A YouTube video one class has made inspired by //Where the Forest Meets the Sea//: [] Jeannie Baker made //Where the Forest Meets the Sea// into a 10 minute animated film which won the 1988 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Australian Animated film. The film can be bought at the following website: [] Biography of Jeannie Baker: [] Summary and images of //Where the Forest Meets the Sea:// [] Linking //Where the Forest Meets the Sea// with conservation and other children’s texts which discuss saving the wilderness: []

A programme and resources based on //Where the Forest Meets the Sea// written by Joanne Coghlan, Manager Making MAP Meaningful Project 2005: [] A PowerPoint presentation compiled by Jennie Bales for a ALEA/TATE conference in Launceston, May 2006. This PowerPoint discusses the topic “Thinking Through Literature” and uses the text //Where the Forest Meets the Sea// [|Beneath the Covers: Thinking Through Literature] [|www.tate.neat.tas.edu.au/ppt/bales2.ppt] A programme that teaches children about sustainability with a focus on texts written by Jeannie Baker: [|A Window into our Environment - Sustainable Schools - Home] [|www.sustainableschools.act.gov.au/__data/assets/.../quest_T4_06_2.doc] These two websites both contain lists of high-quality, engaging and interactive environmental websites for kids: [] [] A kids version of the National Geographic website, by searching terms such as ‘conservation’ on this website even more useful resources can be found: [] Rainforest Rescue is one of the major players shaping the conservation of the Daintree rainforest: [] The Wildlife preservation society of Queensland website addresses conservation issues regarding the Daintree rainforest: []
 * Lesson ideas:**
 * Conservation Websites:**

These two videos promote conservation of the Daintree rainforest [] [] Images of the Daintree rainforest provided by Australian Geographic: [] Canopy surfing in the Daintree rainforest: []
 * YouTube Videos:**

Age specific games which teach students about conservation: [|http://www.arkive.org/education/resources#resources7-11] I would play this educational game about creating habitats with the whole class over a programme of work: [] ‘Save the Trees’ game: [] Many games and other resources on the ABC website have a conservation focus: []
 * Games:**