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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: World's Largest Deserts and North American Deserts

For Students 3rd - 8th
Information about the sizes of the world's largest deserts and about the deserts of North America.
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Other

Ecological Regions of North America [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A helpful map of North America which color codes its 15 ecological regions. Click on the different regions for a brief description of the area. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Palomar Community College District

Major Biomes of North America

For Students 9th - 10th
A good review of basic terminology followed by descriptions and pictures of the North American biomes.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: American Kestrel

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you name the smallest North American falcon? The American Kestrel is the answer to this question. Learn more about this fascinating bird of prey through this resource. Students will find information on the diet, habitat,...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Sonoran Desert

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an introduction/review of the climate, the plant life and the animals of the Sonoran Desert. Students will use Activotes, the eraser tool and the pen tool to answer questions about how...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Exploring Ecosystems

For Students 3rd - 8th
Compare and contrast three very different ecosystems - the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Florida Everglades, and the Arctic Coastal Plain in Alaska. Learn what makes each of them unique, and about the adaptations plants and animals had...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: North American Vegetation Regions, 1901

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1901 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico showing the general vegetation regions. The map shows areas of deserts, tundras, and ice fields, areas of grassy lands, areas of open forests,...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Wartime Stategy

For Students 5th - 8th
Initial focus by the Americans in World War II was containing Germany. Read about the Allied war stategy to "close the ring" and deprive Germany of men and materiel.
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PBS

Pbs American Experience: Erwin Rommel (1891 1944)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a brief biography of the military career of Erwin Rommel, the German Field Marshall during WWII.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Bobcat

For Students 4th - 8th
The Bobcat is the most widely distributed native cat in North America. Bobcats occupy many habitat types, from desert to swamp to mountains. Learn more about the Lynx rufus, more commonly known as a Bobcat, in this easy-to-read species...