Learn about land biomes and their ecology.

Read about the different zones and life in the deep sea as well as watch videos and examine photos of this aquatic biome. [5:54]

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how climate affects the biome.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of aquatic biomes.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Surveys terrestrial biomes.

Local headlines announce that everyone must move due to contaminated soil. Check out the one catch before students discover what is already known about biomes and what still needs to be understood about them to complete this classroom...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A terrestrial biome is an area of land with a similar climate that includes similar communities of plants and animals. Different terrestrial biomes are usually...

Describes twelve kinds of ecosystems.

Describes the characteristics of the marine biome, the plants and animals that live in each of the four ocean zones, coral reefs and estuaries, the climate of the marine biome, and the marine food web.

Multiple activities help students gain a better understanding of land and water biomes.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How matter cycles within an ecosystem. SE 7.5B, 7.5C

A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of ecosystems, covering biotic and abiotic factors, and the roles organisms play in an ecosystem.

Find the answers to the ecosystem activity about function.

A project for students to research an ecosystem. During their research, students will learn about the services that the ecosystems provides humans. In the second part of the project, students will argue whether a wetland should be...

A simulator reviewing over the concepts of ecosystem equilibrium.

Read to understand how energy and inorganic nutrients flow through a food chain in an ecosystem.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Are you on the basketball team? Are you a cheerleader? Do you play an instrument in the band? Your niche would be your role or place in the school. Organisms also...

Learn about the important resources our land offers us: food, water, oxygen, building materials, and more. Discover how scientists have been mapping land for years trying to prevent disasters and to collect environmental information.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will study how energy flows through an ecosystem and learn about photoautotrophs and chemoautotrophs, the role of decomposers, and of consumers.

Create the parameters of your own ecosystem by choosing which producers and consumers live there. Visualize how the food web operates and species populations change. This simulator mimics the food web within a typical ecosystem and gives...

An introduction to biomes and how agriculture is considered in studying large ecosystems of the world. Text is well written and easy to follow with links, charts, and pictures.

Kids learn about the world's biomes and ecosystems. The network of life and biodiversity needed for all to survive.

Kids learn about the freshwater aquatic biome. Ecosystems such as rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, wetlands, swamps, and bogs.

Kids learn about the desert biome. The dryest areas on Earth still have plant and animal life.