All+About+Biomes

Learn about biomes - complex and fascinating communities of plants and animals that adapt to a physical environment - by checking out the links below.   **[|The World's Biomes]**  Learn about biomes, organized into five major groups - aquatic, deserts, forests , grasslands, and tundra - at this informative site, created by students at the University of California, Berkeley.

**[|Exploring the Environment: Biomes] **, from Wheeling Jesuit University/NASA-supported Classroom of the Future.

Visit this terrific EdSelect collection of sites about biomes, compiled by Library Specialist Pat Elliot.



Learn about the coniferous forest, deciduous forest, tropical rainforest, tundra, ocean, fresh water, desert, and savannah at this site. Remember to look at the "Web Resources" available for each of these biomes.

 **[|Biomes - Habitats] **  Visit this EnchantedLearning site, which features information about the animals and plants that inhabit many of the earth's biomes, including: desert, tundra,chaparral (shrubby, coastal area), taiga (coniferous forest), temperate deciduous forest, grassland, tropical rain forest, land caves, wetlands, marsh, temperate ponds, and oceans.

 **[|What's It like Where You Live?]** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">This site, created by staff members at the Missouri Botanical Garden, features descriptions and images of biomes of the world, and fresh water and marine ecosystems.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Visit this comprehensive site, which features information, images and maps, about the world's major biomes - aquatic, desert, forest, grasslands, and tundra. Be sure to check out the [|Frequently Asked Questions] page.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> [|WorldBiomes.com] **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 132%;">**[|Blue Planet Biomes]** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 132%;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-weight: normal;">Learn about the planet, biomes, plants, animals and climate at this helpful site, developed by students at the West Tisbury ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 132%;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-weight: normal;">Elementary School. **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Check out these full-text encyclopedias and others, available in this fine online reference collection. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Please note: Visit the IMC to obtain the password you'll need to log in to this database. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">This outstanding collection features: || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">dozens of full-text encyclopedias, including <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">//Gale Encyclopedia of Science// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">//UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">//UXL Encyclopedia of Science// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">//UXL Science Online// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">frequently updated video, audio and podcasts <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">image galleries ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**[|Gale Virtual Reference Library]**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**[|Science in Context]**