Learn about the four types of deserts: hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, and cold with this key facts and information. Includes links to other biomes: aquatic, forest, grasslands, and tundra.

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...

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...

This resource provides a list of online maps of world vegetation such as biomes, forests and plants.

Find an overview of what a habitat is exactly. Then, for more information, click in the left hand menu for different types of habitat: forests, grasslands, deserts, wetlands, and arctic tundra. Authors also offer advice on creating a...

Explore land ecosystems around Earth. Learn about forests, tundra, taiga, grasslands, and deserts.

An interactive learning game where students answer whether or not certain environments would be suitable for different animals. Printable worksheets are available for review at the end of the activity.

Can you figure out what types of biomes different organisms belong in? You'll be presented with a variety of organisms and asked which of three biomes they belong in.

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

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

A good review of basic terminology followed by descriptions and pictures of the North American biomes.

Great research from the Andean Botanical Information System into the diverse environments and plants of the Andean region of South America, and particularly Chile and Peru. Available in Spanish or English, photographs and written...

A map from 1920 of southern Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico showing terrain features, lakes and river systems, and general vegetation types of the region. The map is keyed to show the submerged portion of the continental...

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.

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.

Doug Eldon performs this great song which tells about the different biomes and their characteristics. Great way to begin your unit on the biomes.

Features amazing 360 degrees interactive panoramas for students to help them better understand ecological variation on our planet. Searchable by biome/ecosystem type, location, or ecological phenomena they depict.

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.

Provides text and pictures on the arctic tundra, its animals, plants, and their adaptations.

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.

Explore the basics of a few habitats and then create an ecocolumn--a simulated cross-section of a biome such as a rain forest--with your own environment.

Across the state of Utah one will observe a variety of environments such as wetlands, desert, and forest. Here are several activities highlighting the many ecosystems found within one state.

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,...

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.