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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Biomes

For Students 2nd - 6th
Discover the hidden treasures in the different habitats on the earth! The earth is filled with many biomes. Examples of different biomes are listed and include hyperlinks to additional information such as the animals found there.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Temperate Deciduous Forest Animal Printouts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site has many printouts of temperate deciduous forest animals and includes a sentence describing each animal.
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Handout
Other

Missouri Dept. Of Conservation: Missouri Forest Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This site highlights the importance of forests and the need to keep them healthy. Information about how Missouri depends on its forests for many uses is highlighted.
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Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Floor: Biomes: Deciduous Forest: Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Site contains information on deciduous forest animals and animal adaptations. Offers links to biomes, a biome summary, how to read a climograph, arctic tundra and more.
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Handout
Palomar Community College District

Major Biomes of North America

For Students 9th - 10th
A good review of basic terminology followed by descriptions and pictures of the North American biomes.
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Handout
World Wildlife Fund for Nature

Wwf: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Temperate Forests

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Defines "temperate forest" and introduces three types: Mediterranean forests, temperate rainforests, and deciduous forests.
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Other

Introduction to Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an introduction to biomes. There are also links to each different type of biome.
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Handout
Ohio State University

Ohio State University: General Plant Biology: Biomes and Agriculture

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to biomes and how agriculture is considered in studying large ecosystems of the world. Text is well written and easy to follow with links, charts, and pictures.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Habitats: Forest

For Students 3rd - 8th
Forests are more than just trees. They are a complex community of plants and animals that constantly change, grow, and interact with each other and the nutrient-bearing soils upon which they depend. Read about some of the many plants and...
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Other

Marietta College: Temperate Forests

For Students 9th - 10th
The first section in this site from Marietta College introduces you to the temperate forest. It also discusses the locations of these forests and the animals that live there. Links to related sites are provided.
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Community Learning Network

Community Learning Network: Temperate Forests Theme

For Students 9th - 10th
Numerous sites are listed here so you can learn about temperate forests. There are lesson plans for teachers also!
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Handout
Other

Rockefeller University : Temperate Forests

For Students 9th - 10th
An article published in "Science" magazine, the page discusses how forests were being destroyed by people and how they are gaining back ground. Find out the reasons!
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eBook
Other

Introduction to the Biosphere: Characteristics of the Earth's Terrestrial Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
From Chapter 9 of a textbook on physical geography that covers the biosphere. Important vocabulary is highlighted and linked to a glossary. It explains the characteristics of a biome, and describes the features of the eight different...
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eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: The Forest

For Students K - 1st Standards
Take a walk in the forest and enjoy the trees and animals that live there. Book includes audio narration in 7 additional languages with text in English.
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Curated OER

Thurston High School: Deciduous Forest Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
List of animals found in the deciduous forest biome. Includes photographs.
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Curated OER

Thurston High School: Deciduous Forest Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
List of animals found in the deciduous forest biome. Includes photographs.
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Handout
Other

Radford University: Taiga or Boreal Forest

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a thorough fact sheet of a taiga forest (or boreal forest as it is otherwise known). Content includes a look at the forest climate, vegetation, growth forms, and soil. Additional information can be found on the alpine...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Temperate Broad Leaf Forests

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief introduction o the temperate broad leaf forest, including descriptions of the plant and animal life there.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Climate Zones and Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how regions with similar climates are grouped into climate zones and biomes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Climate Zones and Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how regions with similar climates are grouped into climate zones and biomes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Climate Effects on Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how climate affects the biome.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Temperate Broad Leaf Forests: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will provide an understanding of the characteristics and role of temperate broad leaf forests, and its effect on living things. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Temperate Broad Leaf Forests."
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Major Biomes of the World

For Students 2nd - 8th
Covers the major types of biomes: tropical rain forest, arctic tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, desert, grasslands, and mountains.
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Songs for Teaching

Songs for Teaching: Biomes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use this site to see how many of the animals and plants that your students can remember from each biome after listening to this song.