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Columbia University

Nasa: Sedac: Land Use and Land Cover Change

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty-six data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine land use and how human activities have impacted on land cover. They look at agriculture, loss of...
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: The Taiga Biome

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource offers a detailed overview of the taiga biome, including its locations, the types of plants and animals that live there, and other interesting facts.
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World Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Terrestrial Biomes and Land Use

For Students 9th - 10th
How we can live sustainably on our natural resources while also preserving enough nature so these resources can be replenished represents one of the most important questions in environmental science. Through learning about terrestrial...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Stories of the Land

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology field investigation, students will use observation skills to describe different types of terrestrial landscapes and compare them with one another. They will utilize these data in order to begin to put together the stories...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Terrestrial Biomes

For Students 6th - 8th
[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...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Terrestrial Biomes

For Students 3rd - 8th
A short introduction to the terrestrial biomes around the globe.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Tundra

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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....
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Taiga Forest Biome

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the taiga forest biome. The largest of the land biomes is known for its evergreen trees.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Terrestrial Biomes: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Try these five multiple-choice review questions over terrestrial biomes. A self-checking feature is available for students who seek further review.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geo Glitz: Intensive Geological Survey of the Land at a Specific Location

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this geology field lab, students investigate the surrounding land by walking different transects of the ecosystem, looking for and identifying as many different living and nonliving ecosystem features as possible
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Explore the Outback

For Students 1st - 4th
In this interactive game, players are challenged to complete a series of missions to photograph desert plants and animals in the Australian outback. Through the clues provided, players learn about desert ecosystems, the plants and...
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Center for Educational Technologies

Nasa Classroom of the Future: Temperate Rainforest: Ecology and Land Use

For Students 9th - 10th
Use these resources to study the ecology of the rainforest of the Pacific Northwest and issues surrounding its preservation.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Rainforests

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource offers a clear and concise picture of the rainforest biome. The content includes a look at the two different types of rainforests found in the world, animals that live in the rainforests, plants that grown in the rainforest...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Outdoor Adventures

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This collection of activities encourages kids to get outdoors and connect with nature. After completing the activities, kids draw, write, and answer questions about what they discovered and share that information with Plum.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Jungle Jeopardy

For Students K - 1st
Try keeping a whole jungle ecosystem alive by making sure each animal has enough food to survive over a period of 12 days. This game allows players to see how the different species of plants and animals in a rainforest depend on one...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Can You Dig It?

For Students K - 1st
Set in the Australian desert, players become bilbies to search at night for food while looking out for hungry predators like dingos, foxes, and swooping eagles.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Jungle Rangers

For Students K - 1st
Players head out to Borneo to explore the rainforest in this photo safari. Earn points by following clues to take pictures of specific plants and animals.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Invaders!

For Students K - 1st
This bustling game is a race to help Plum eliminate introduced or invasive species before they crowd out the native populations.
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McGill University

Mc Gill University: Canadian Biodiversity: Canada's Ecozones

For Students 3rd - 8th
Describes Canada's 15 land ecozones and 5 water ecozones.
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PBS

Pbs: Journey to Planet Earth: Seas of Grass

For Students 9th - 10th
A part of the PBS series "Journey to Planet Earth," this section explores the world's grasslands, some of which are in environmental danger. Includes video and educational resources.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Terrestrial Communities

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore land ecosystems around Earth. Learn about forests, tundra, taiga, grasslands, and deserts.
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Environments and Ecosystems of North Carolina

For Students 9th - 10th
North Carolina is located within the temperate deciduous forest global biome, however, a great variety of forest and non-forest ecosystems may be found within the state. The temperature and moisture regimes throughout North Carolina are...
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Planet Earth: Deserts and Aridlands

For Students 3rd - 8th
The desert areas in the United States that this organization is working to protect are portrayed through photographs and videos, showing the beauty of the landscapes and the diversity of life forms there.

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