[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart covering the concepts and ideas required to understand ecosystems, with particular concentration on the tropical rain forest.

An assortment of clip art featuring scenes of natural habitats, homes, and other places. Scroll down to find the topic of your choice.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson explains plant and animal habitats with brilliant pictures and photos. It also includes discussion and non-Activote questions.

Guide for kids and tips for parents on how to explore a wildlife habitat and connect with nature.

In this lesson plan students listen and participate by filling in missing words as the teacher reads a silly poem about places where animals might live. Students are required to draw pictures representing both their favorite nonsense...

NatureWorks offers some fascinating information about the Temperate Deciduous Forests. Students and teachers will learn what makes these forests special, what animals live in this biome, what plants grow in this biome, and more.

Read about how plants adapt to survive in different biomes. Includes a song, game, photos, and lesson plans.

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....

A map showing the division of the world into eight biomes based on different climate types around the world. There are links to more information about each biome.

This site from American Institute of Biological Sciences provides a collection of articles on current issues in environmental science and human impacts on the environment. Several articles available in Spanish.

What characteristics make a swamp a swamp? This site features information on the Great Dismal Swamp, Conifer Swamps, Okefenokee Swamps, Shrub Swamps, Hardwood Swamps, and Cypress Swamps. This site also offers some great photographs of...

This lesson is to provide students the opportunity to explore the various types of fauna (animals) found in the various biomes throughout the world.

Step into Dirtmeister's Science Lab as he sets out to answer the challenge question: "How does acid rain affect an ecosystem?" Learn about ecosystems, make your predictions and then do the experiment.

This is a comprehensive and detailed site providing information on aquatic macroinvertebrates. The emphasis is on biomonitoring of water quality through quantitative assessment of numbers and types of small aquatic organisms.

Did you know that wetlands are frequently used as resting stops for migrating birds? This is just one of the many interesting facts found within this educational resource. This site features information on the characteristics, types,...

In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), waste disposal will be explored. The Pollution Patrol follows the steps involved in trash disposal, starting with a girl tearing a sheet of paper out of her...

This ecozone stretches eastward from the Taiga Plains to just south of the Southern Arctic. This brief, concise description includes a collection of images of the animals and birds native to the location. Many of the images include...

Josephine lives on the Marshall Islands. Follow her to the beach and find out what kinds of plants and animals live there.

A brief, concise description of the Southern Arctic ecozone which extends across the northern edge of the continental Northwest Territories and Quebec. It includes a collection of images of the landscape as well as those of animals and...

This Prairies ecozone covers southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. This brief, concise description includes a collection of images of the animals and birds native to the location. Many of the images include descriptions.

This Boreal Cordillera contains the mountains of the southern Yukon and northern British Columbia . This brief, concise description includes a collection of images of the animals and birds native to the location. Many of the images...

Provides links to sites such as forestry, population, management, diversity, and fire. There are lesson plans, tours and educational links for teachers.

This Mixedwood Plains ecozone extends along the Quebec City- Windsor corridor and the densely-populated region of Southern Ontario. This brief, concise description includes a collection of images of the animals and birds native to the...

The Taiga Plans are centered around the Mackenzie River in the western Northwest Territories. This is a brief, concise description of the location, climate, geology and flora and fauna. It includes a collection of images of the landscape...