Biomes for Elementary School Students

Biomes for Elementary School Students
An Internet Hotlist on Biomes

created by Mrs. Reed
Scroggins Elementary School

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about Biomes, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

Biomes - Student created web pages about the different biomes of the world.
Biomes of the World - Describes and provides pictures of each of the biomes.
Enchanted Learning: Biomes-Habitats - Provides print outs of pictures of the different biomes.
Exploring the Environment: Biomes - Explores each biome with charts, maps, graphs, and text.
Major Biomes of the World - Describes and give pictures of biomes.
Our Environment - Provides a question and answer sections so that students can ask questions about our environment and the biome that we live in.
The Biome Project - Provides information about biomes from a students project. Also provides ideas and links about biome projects.
The World's Biomes - Biomes are defined as 'the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment' (Campbell).
What's It Like Where You Live? - Describes different ecosystems with pictures. Also explain why we live in the ecosystem that we do. Fantastic!
World Builders: an introduction to biomes - A selected site by science educators from NSTA. Includes food webs, photos, and easy-to-read descriptions of the biomes.
worldbiomes.com - Fantastic site for great pictures and many details of each biome.

Content by Mrs. Reed, jreed2@houstonisd.org
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listbiomesjr.html
Last revised Fri Nov 30 10:00:09 US/Pacific 2007