A chart summarizes the sizes, physical features, plant and animal life, and special facts of a selection of the world's cold deserts, including Antarctica, the Gobi, and the Great Basin Desert in the western United States.

A new kind of city is being built in the Arab desert. Read about the unique engineering that is creating Masdar, a "city of the future" which doesn't use fossil fuels.

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...

A great site from The Evergreen Project that provides information about watersheds, how a stream becomes a river, when rivers run into the ocean, longest rivers of the world and much more. There are also other sections of this site that...

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...

Informative site containing facts and insights about the African region of the Sahara. Explore the countries, people, and economy of this fascinating region, the largest desert in the world. Country closeups detail interesting and...

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.

Explore the fascinating world of the desert and discover what lives and grows there through videos, pictures, news, and external links. Listen to the various sounds happening in the desert.

Immerse yourself in the nomadic worlds of people who live in extreme environments. The Badjao are sea nomads in the Philippines who still live a hunter-gatherer existence but they do it on water. The Bushmen are desert nomads living in...

Gives the history of the San people, an indigenous group living in South Africa. There are also details on how the UN and other groups are trying to help the San.

This resource introduces students to the world of money with this online tutorial. Each unit has its' own online quiz. Brave the desert, climb mountains and dodge alligators while you explore everything there is to know about earning,...

Information about the sizes of the world's largest deserts and about the deserts of North America.

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.

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.

View comprehensive sets of artifacts that tell the story of America's wartime past and present. Artifacts from every major American military conflict, beginning with the American Revolution, can be closely examined. Full curatorial notes...

Explore the sands of the Arab world and the Sahara by reading personal accounts and histories about the people, religion, and culture of the region.

This resource offers in-depth information on weather and different types of climate including desert, tropical rain forests, and more. Also provides worksheets (Word documents) and images relating to weather.

This collection uses primary sources to explore twentieth-century mining in the Mojave Desert.

The official website of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. You will find the history of the laboratory as well as many of the key figures. There is also an interactive history of the Manhattan Project. Be sure to check out the photo...

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.

Niger is a country on the edge of the Sahara desert. This BBC profile includes an overview of the country's history, demographic and economic facts, information on its leaders and a listing of its communications media.

The world's most common camel is the Dromedary. Find out more on the Dromedary through this detailed fact sheet and photos.

An informative site on how the Allied troops supplied troops during Operation Torch. Discusses one of the problems that the allies faced with Operation Torch.

This website from the Lebendiges Museum Online contains a chronology-style biography of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel. Content also includes links to more detailed information about the events surrounding various aspects of the...