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Southern African Water Crisis: Some Grassland Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can read a fact sheet on South African grasslands. Content includes a look at origins, water supply, plants and animals, economics, and current conservation status.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Grassland Animals

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the Missouri Botanical Garden provides animal descriptions of several grassland animals. Content includes pictures, fact sheets, and more.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Grassland Elephants

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from Nature features a greeting ceremony by grassland elephants in Kenya.
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NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Grassland

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on grassland biomes such as temperature, precipitation, and vegetation.
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PBS

Pbs: Journey to Planet Earth: Seas of Grass

For Students 9th - 10th
A part of the PBS series "Journey to Planet Earth," this section explores the world's grasslands, some of which are in environmental danger. Includes video and educational resources.
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University of California

Ucmp: The World's Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to the major biomes on Earth. This page groups biomes into five major types: aquatic, deserts, forests, grasslands, and tundra. Information on climate, animal/plant life, and much more is given for each of type...
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Hastings Natural History Reservation: Native Grasslands of Coastal California

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the mysteries of the native grasses of coastal California. Content includes a focus on identifying, finding, and growing native grasses.
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Radford University: Temperate Grasslands

For Students 9th - 10th
This is part of a virtual geography project from Radford University. Learn about the climate, vegetation, grasses, soil and fauna of the temperate grasslands.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Grasslands of the World

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the Missouri Botanical Garden explores the two types of grasslands: tropical and temperate. A brief overview of the grasslands of the world is provided, including a color-coded map.
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Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Grasslands

For Students 9th - 10th
NatureWorks offers some great information about grasslands. Learn what grasslands are, the difference between tropical and temperate grasslands, the different types of prairie grasses, and grassland animals.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Grasslands Biome

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the grasslands biome. Flat with few trees, these ecosystems feed much of the world.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Savanna Grasslands Biome

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the savanna grasslands biome. This tropical ecosystem is full of large herbivores like zebras, giraffes, and wildebeests.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Meadows and Grasslands

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to create a backyard habitat which provides a more meadow-like environment for birds.
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Everything ESL

Everything Esl: Forest, Deserts and Grasslands

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Biomes and Ecosystems unit will increase the interest of the ELL learners. Lessons are based on the TESOL, ESL standards.
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Grassland Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the Missouri Botanical Garden explores some commonly asked questions about the prairie and prairie plants.
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Environment of Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this instructional activity, they learn about the four physical regions of Texas, the geology...
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Wildlands League

For Students 9th - 10th
Wildlands League is a registered charity in Ontario, and a chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS). It aims to preserve wilderness areas and the biological diversity of lakes, forests, rivers, grasslands and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive resource adapted from NASA describes the different temperature, precipitation, and vegetation patterns in seven biomes: coniferous forest, temperate deciduous forest, desert, grassland, rainforest, shrubland, and tundra.
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University of California

Ucmp: The Desert Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the four types of deserts: hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, and cold with this key facts and information. Includes links to other biomes: aquatic, forest, grasslands, and tundra.
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Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia

For Students 3rd - 8th
An overview of the ecosystems in British Columbia.
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University of California

Ucmp: The World's Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of California Museum of Paleontology hosts this site devoted to the study of the earth's biomes, which are the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and adaptations of organisms to...
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Pbs: Nova: Night Creatures of the Kalahari

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on animals that can see in the dark and learn more about them.
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PBS

Bill Moyers Reports: Earth on Edge

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS presents this report by Bill Moyer on the current state of the earth. Information is provided on each of the planets ecosystems as well as ways to get involved. You are even able to access portions of the program that was aired.
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US Geological Survey

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Plains organization provides individuals, organizations, and governments with key information about the Great Plains environment through a resource pool of publications, reports, and government data.

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