Featured video: Leafcutter ants Shows leafcutter ants in a Costa Rican rainforest. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life' and creative topics book 'Rainforest bugs'. Playing time: 2 min (V1188)

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Introduction: classroom cinema Introduction, setting the scene for rainforests. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 10 min (V1187)
Rain Shows a rainforest in Costa Rica during rain. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 2 min (V1198)

Leafcutter ants Shows leafcutter ants in a Costa Rican rainforest. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life' and creative topics book 'Rainforest bugs'. Playing time: 2 min (V1188)

Bananas Shows banana plants growing in a rainforest in Costa Rica. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 1 min (V1191)

Bromeliads Can you spot the bromeliads growing in the rainforest? Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 1 min (V1192)

Buttress roots Shows tree roots known as buttress roots. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 1 min (V1193)

Climbing plants Looks at climbing plants in a Costa Rican rainforest. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 1 min (V1194)

Natural decay Shows examples of natural decay happening in the rainforest. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 1 min (V1195)

Jungle Shows what a jungle looks like, explaining how jungles form, and the differences between jungles and rainforests. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 2 min (V1196)

Mangrove roots Shows mangrove trees, in particular their distinctive roots. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 2 min (V1197)

Rivers Shows a river running through a rainforest. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 1 min (V1199)

Riverside village Shows homes in riverside villages in the rainforest, where people have built so they can travel by water. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 1 min (V1200)

Tree ferns Shows tree ferns growing in a Costa Rican rainforest. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 1 min (V1201)

Tree moss Shows moss growing on rainforest trees. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 1 min (V1202)

Understorey leaves Shows big leaves growing in the understorey layer of a rainforest. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 1 min (V1203)

Understorey plants Examples of the types of plant which grow in the understorey layer of a rainforest. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 1 min (V1204)

Waterfall Shows a waterfall in the Costa Rican rainforest. Supports: textbook 'Rainforest life'. Playing time: 1 min (V1205)