BIOMES

 

 

 

The following websites might be useful in your research of Biomes.

 

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/mammals/habitat/map.html- Nice map of world biomes/Choose your biome for more information, including mammals and their adaptations

 

www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm- Nice map of biomes/Good information on plants, animals, and climate

 

http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/index.html- Great site, has a little bit of everything! Includes short video clips

 

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm

 

www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/

 

http://biology.about.com/library/weekly/aa061297.htm

 

www.radford.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/main.html- Includes adaptations and soils

 

http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/index1.html

 

www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/- Great site for pictures of plants and animals

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature- Great site for animal information

http://library.thinkquest.org/11234/index.html- Great site for animal information

http://www.worldbiomes.com

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html- Includes climographs.

 

http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes.html- Includes examples of food webs, plants and animals

 

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/biomes/biomes.html- Includes climate, plants and animals

 

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/habitats.html#grassland

 

http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/bs110/biomes.htm

 

www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769052.html

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0113340/main.php?language=en

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/habitats/habitats.htm

 

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/- Includes climatograms

 

http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/biomes/biomes.html

 

http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/intro.html

 

http://www.desertusa.com/- Deserts only

 

http://www.nibbleuniversity.com/websites/alienexplorer/ecology/ecology.html- Check out biosphere, plants and food chain links

 

http://www.redlist.org/- Endangered species

 

http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html

 

http://www.eoearth.org/

 

 

 

 

SOILS

 

www.tesarta.com/www/resources/library/biomes.html- Blocked at school, try at home

 

http://soils.ag.uidaho.edu/soilorders/orders.htm  

 

http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/SS/GEOG/Virtual/soilintro.html 

 

http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/agll/wrb/newkey.stm#FLUVISOLS

 

 

HABITAT PICTURES

http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/landscape/browse_habitats.html

 

 

 

You can search on the Internet for your particular biome (example: tundra), as well as the biome and a certain aspect of the biome (example: tundra AND climate).

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(revised 4/06)