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Student Classes & Projects: Biomes

Biomes Books in the MIC

Biomes List (with their Alternate Names)

Chaparral (Temperate Woodland and Shrubland) Deciduous Forest (Temperate Forest)
Desert Northwestern Coniferous Forest (Temperate Rainforest)
Rainforest (Tropical Rainforest) Savanna (Tropical Grassland)
Taiga (Coniferous Forest or Boreal Forest) Temperate Grassland (Prairie)
Tundra Wetland (Estuary)

Teacher-Approved Biome Websites

The following are reliable websites with accurate information. However, DATABASES and BOOK resources MUST be used as well for this project.

Ask A Biologist - Boundless Biomes: Biologists from Arizona State University provided the information for this site reviewing the major biomes. You can also take virtual tours of the biomes.

Blue Plant Biomes: This is a Creative Commons site that reviews terrestrial biomes and provides information on plants and animals and their adaptations.

NASA Earth Observatory - Mission: Biomes: This site, published by NASA, reviews Earth's biomes.

National Geographic - Biomes Resource Library: This has a collection of articles reviewing the major biomes.

Terrestrial Biomes: This site, published by the University of Minnesota, reviews the terrestrial (or land) biomes.

The World's Biomes: This site, published by the University of California Museum of Paleontology, provides an overview of Earth's biomes.

Gale in Context High School

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World Book Online

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Science Reference Center

EBSCO Explora

AP Newsroom