Biomes 
and 
Habitats

Hands on Habitat

Edclass reserach aide

Visit this site for definitions, links and a built in search to find about Biomes and Ecosytems.

Biomes of the World- What’s it Like Where you Live?
This site is sponsored by the Missouri Botanical Garden

Biomes- Living Worlds
Fact sheets, photos, and video clips on the climate, location, animal and plant adaptations, land formations, and human influences of seven major terrestrial biomes: tundra, taiga, temperate forest, grassland, chaparral, desert, and rainforest.

Earth Floor : Biomes
Research  multiple biomes; their descriptions and the adaptations of plant and animal species
within the biome.

World Biomes- Explore Five of the World's Main Biomes. world, biome, biomes, eco-systems, ecosystem, ecology, rainforest, ocean, desert, forest Essential Reading What Is a Biome.  Includes a link to a map of world biomes. This site was selected by the SciLinks program, a service of 
National Science Teachers Association.

World Biomes  
This site has links to plants, animals and climate for each biome.

Interactive links with Resources for Biomes by Teacher's First

Biomes by Earth Observatory Experiments Your mission is to investigate biomes, then test your knowledge about the biomes by completing each mission. You can even help Bill Botanist place his plants in the correct biome.

Planet Biomes- Biology for Kids

EcoKids

http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/browse_topics/wildlife.cfm#underwater

The World's Biomes by Berkeley University-These exhibits explore the ancestor/descendant relationships which connect all organisms, past and present.

Earth Science Modules- Biomes

Habitats and Biomes by Enchanted Learning

Geography Action:  Habitats

Ecosystems by USGS

Grand Prairie- Science Department links to biomes and Ecosystems

Ranger Rosie- Investigate Local Ecosystems by Nature Shift

Habitats- The Growth of a Forest

The Desert Biome by UMCP

The Desert by Missouri Botanical Gardens

Desert Biome by Enchanted Learning

EcoKids- Forest

Fantastic Forest

Backyard Biology

Deciduous Forest
Plants and animals of the deciduous forest. Slightly advanced but good! Great photos and map.

A Hot list of Rainforest sites
Research, activities and lesson plans about the rainforest

Plant and Animal Desert Adaptations

Plant Adaptations

Plant adaptations from the Biology of  Plants website