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Biomes of The World

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Students research different biomes, using links from global pen pal letters.

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pen pals, letter writing, biomes

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biomes, pen pals, science
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Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
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Technology
Internet Access
Year
2001

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