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Radford University: Temperate Grasslands
This is part of a virtual geography project from Radford University. Learn about the climate, vegetation, grasses, soil and fauna of the temperate grasslands.
University of California
Ucmp: The World's Biomes
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...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: The Prairie
Learn about the plants and animals that live on the prairie. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Habitats: Prairie
Learn what prairies are, about the plants and wildlife that live there, and about the environmental efforts being made to restore them.
University of California
U.c. Berkeley Libraries: Plant Distribution Maps
This resource provides a list of online maps of world vegetation such as biomes, forests and plants.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Environment of Texas [Pdf]
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...
Center for Educational Technologies
Earth Science Explorer: Tropical Savannah Biome
Discover the tropical savannah biome! Here you can learn what a tropical savannah is, where such places exist, and the animals and plants that can be found there.
Globio
Glossopedia: Environments
This article defines "environment" as a collection of animals and plants in a specific landscape and climate. The concept of differing types of environments is introduced. The impact of humans on environments and all environments'...
US Geological Survey
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
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.
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
Kids Do Ecology: Savanna
Learn where savannas are located! Other information at the site from the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis includes grassland weather, plants, animals, people, and more.
Other
Great Plains Nature Center
Click around in this site from the Great Plains Nature Center for some wonderful pictures and information about the Great Plains. Check the Flora and Fauna section for easy-to-read content on such animals as the bison, fox, squirrel; and...
The Wild Classroom
The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Tropical Savanna Biome
Learn all about the Tropical Savanna biome. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Native Grasses for Your Native Lawn
Find out how to use native grasses to increase wildlife diversity in a backyard.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Native Lawn Ftw! (For the Win)
Find out about the advantages of planting native grasses in a lawn.
Nature Conservancy
Nature Conservancy: Nash Prairie Preserve
Explore the beauty of America's prairies and examine efforts to preserve this vanishing part of America's landscape.
McGill University
Mc Gill University: Canadian Biodiversity: Ecozones: Prairies
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.
Songs for Teaching
Songs for Teaching: Biomes
Use this site to see how many of the animals and plants that your students can remember from each biome after listening to this song.
Other
Radford University: Tropical Savannas
This is part of a virtual geography project from Radford University. Learn about the climate, vegetation, grasses, soil, and fauna of tropical savannas.
Other
Attra: Sustainable Soil Mangement
How does soil in its native condition function? How do forests and native grasslands produce plants and animals in the complete absence of fertilizer and tillage? What are the principles by which these soils function? The answers to...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: The Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois: Formation of Prairies
A brief description of the tallgrass prairies of Illinois and how they formed.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Vegetation of North America, 1916
A map from 1916 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico showing the general distribution of vegetation types in the region. The map is color-coded to show natural vegetation in areas of ice desert,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vegetation Map of Europe, 1916
A map of Europe showing areas of different types of natural vegetation including tundra and alpine flora, coniferous forests, broadleaf forests and meadows, temperate grasslands, deserts, and oases.