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The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Deciduous Forest Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the Deciduous Temperate Forest biome. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Alpine Tundra Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the Alpine Tundra biome. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource explores all of the biomes found on planet Earth! A side menu indicates the world's biomes and provides details on each. Colorful interactive maps, video clips, lesson plans, species profiles, and so much more...
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The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Oceanic Pelagic Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the oceanic pelagic ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Biomes of the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains a Life Science lesson for students in grades 7-8. It was specifically designed to assist ESL students read, pronounce, and understand the meanings of key concepts presented in...
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The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Wetlands Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about wetlands ecosystems. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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PBS

Pbs: New Perspectives on the West

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....
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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

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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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara

Kids Do Ecology: Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis you will find the answers to many questions about biomes. You will also find a listing of biomes along with a detailed explanation of each.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Freshwater Biomes

For Students 6th - 8th
Listen to this podcast discussing the similar characteristics of the freshwater biomes of the world. [0:47]
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Other

Living Rain Forest: The Rain Forest

For Students 3rd - 8th
A non-profit site supporting the rainforests of the world. Learn about the importance of rainforests, animals and plants, biodiversity, and how to support conservation. Colorful photos are included on the site.
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Eduweb

Amazon Interactive: Where's the Amazon?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover one of the world's great rainforests through this interactive educational site. Locate the Amazon and learn some interesting facts behind this tropical biome.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Habitats of the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This site has a lesson to use to start a unit on biomes and animal habitats. This plan incorporates grasslands, temperate forests, tropical rainforests, deserts, polar ice regions, and tidepools.
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Other

Greatest Places: Namib

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the Namib Desert and learn about its location, the Skeleton Coast, mirages, and general information about this home to the highest sand dunes in the world.
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Other

Alberta Environment: Alberta Grasslands: A World at Your Feet [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This excellent 64-page teaching resource looks at the historical and geological past of the Alberta grasslands, their biodiversity, threats they face from human activities, and steps being taken to conserve them. The unit is designed for...
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Other

World Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
World Biomes is a site covering five of the major world biomes: aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, and tundra. It gives information on the various sub-divisions of the biomes and provides numerous images.
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Other

Worldbiomes.com: Desert Biome

For Students 3rd - 8th
Directed toward elementary students, this site provides an overview of the desert biome. Included are the many kinds of deserts, links to related biome web sites, world map of biomes, and photographs of the desert biome.
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BBC

Bbc Nature: Wildlife: Tundra

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the fascinating world of the tundra biome and discover what lives and grows there through videos, pictures, and external links. Listen to the various sounds made in a tundra.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Tundra

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Can you name the two types of tundra? Find the answer to this question and many more when you explore this educational resource. The content of this site includes a look at this biome's characteristics, plant life, animal life and more....
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Other

University of Puget Sound: World Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
Author provides an explanation of the term Biome and the relationship of climate, soils, vegetation, diversity, adaptations, and human effects to the biome.
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Other

Passport to Knowledge: Passport to the Rain Forest

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow in Darwin's footsteps to the heart of our planet's largest rainforest, guided by some of the world's leading biologists. Content uses pictures, video, real-time interactions, and activities, to fully explore the rain forest from...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: World Biomes and Ecosystems

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the world's biomes and ecosystems. The network of life and biodiversity needed for all to survive.