Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Land Use and Land Cover Change
[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...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: The Taiga Biome
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
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.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Terrestrial Biomes and Land Use
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...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Stories of the Land
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Terrestrial Biomes
[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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Terrestrial Biomes
A short introduction to the terrestrial biomes around the globe.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Tundra
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....
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: Taiga Forest Biome
Kids learn about the taiga forest biome. The largest of the land biomes is known for its evergreen trees.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Terrestrial Biomes: Self Check Quiz
Try these five multiple-choice review questions over terrestrial biomes. A self-checking feature is available for students who seek further review.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Geo Glitz: Intensive Geological Survey of the Land at a Specific Location
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
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Explore the Outback
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...
Center for Educational Technologies
Nasa Classroom of the Future: Temperate Rainforest: Ecology and Land Use
Use these resources to study the ecology of the rainforest of the Pacific Northwest and issues surrounding its preservation.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Rainforests
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...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Outdoor Adventures
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.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Jungle Jeopardy
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...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Can You Dig It?
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.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Jungle Rangers
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.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Invaders!
This bustling game is a race to help Plum eliminate introduced or invasive species before they crowd out the native populations.
McGill University
Mc Gill University: Canadian Biodiversity: Canada's Ecozones
Describes Canada's 15 land ecozones and 5 water ecozones.
PBS
Pbs: Journey to Planet Earth: Seas of Grass
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.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Terrestrial Communities
Explore land ecosystems around Earth. Learn about forests, tundra, taiga, grasslands, and deserts.
Other
Environments and Ecosystems of North Carolina
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...
Nature Conservancy
Nature Conservancy: Planet Earth: Deserts and Aridlands
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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