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Curated OER

What's It All About?- Kansas Prairies

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars examine the interdependence of animal life and the environment. For this Kansas prairies lesson, students read background information on prairies and complete a worksheet to identify the main idea.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Earth's Weather

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders learn how solar radiation, latitude, and other factors affect weather. They break into six groups and are assigned a topic to research and to present their findings orally.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Estuarine Habitats

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the important habitats, flora, fauna, and physical factors of coastal habitats. They compare the aquatic habitats to terrestrial habitats by researching and completing tables with the information.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Arsenic Contamination: Water Filtration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work in groups to design a filtration process that will separate clean water from polluted water. They organize data in tables or graphs and present their findings to the class. Students identify further safety protocols that...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Antarctica Food Chain

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students visit an interactive web page. In this food chain lesson plan, students visit an interactive web page displaying an example of the food chain in Antarctica. As students move their mouse over the images, captions appear...
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Website
Columbia University

Nasa: Sedac: Land Use and Land Cover Change

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty-six data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine land use and how human activities have impacted on land cover. They look at agriculture, loss of...
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Handout
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: The Taiga Biome

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource offers a detailed overview of the taiga biome, including its locations, the types of plants and animals that live there, and other interesting facts.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 12.13 Terrestrial Biomes

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn about land biomes and their ecology.
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Website
Other

World Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
World Biomes is a site covering five of the major world biomes: aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, and tundra. It gives information on the various sub-divisions of the biomes and provides numerous images.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Terrestrial Biomes and Land Use

For Students 9th - 10th
How we can live sustainably on our natural resources while also preserving enough nature so these resources can be replenished represents one of the most important questions in environmental science. Through learning about terrestrial...
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Website
Curated OER

Bureau of Land Management: Alaska's Cold Desert

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Arctic tundra biome of Alaska. A discussion of its characteristics, and the animals and the plants that live there.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Stories of the Land

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology field investigation, students will use observation skills to describe different types of terrestrial landscapes and compare them with one another. They will utilize these data in order to begin to put together the stories...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Terrestrial Biomes

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A terrestrial biome is an area of land with a similar climate that includes similar communities of plants and animals. Different terrestrial biomes are usually...
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Unit Plan
Next.cc

Next: Biomes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Multiple activities help students gain a better understanding of land and water biomes.
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Terrestrial Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn how terrestrial biomes are classified and distributed around the globe.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Terrestrial Biomes

For Students 3rd - 8th
A short introduction to the terrestrial biomes around the globe.
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Lesson Plan
Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: From America's Rainforest to America's Desert

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
On this virtual field trip, teachers will help their learners travel to the lush, rain-soaked splendor of the Olympic Peninsula and explore the urban watershed of Seattle. Next, they will head to Arizona's dry, desert landscape and take...
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Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Tundra

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Can you name the two types of tundra? Find the answer to this question and many more when you explore this educational resource. The content of this site includes a look at this biome's characteristics, plant life, animal life and more....
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Science for Kids: Taiga Forest Biome

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the taiga forest biome. The largest of the land biomes is known for its evergreen trees.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Terrestrial Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives short descriptions of the many different types of biomes found on land all over the world. (Updated: February 22, 2013)
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Terrestrial Biomes: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Try these five multiple-choice review questions over terrestrial biomes. A self-checking feature is available for students who seek further review.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Plum's Creature Connector

For Students K - 1st
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring food webs. Students will learn basic information about how animals are interdependent. Students will help different animals survive in their different habitats
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geo Glitz: Intensive Geological Survey of the Land at a Specific Location

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this geology field lab, students investigate the surrounding land by walking different transects of the ecosystem, looking for and identifying as many different living and nonliving ecosystem features as possible
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Website
NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Land Cover Classification

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the important resources our land offers us: food, water, oxygen, building materials, and more. Discover how scientists have been mapping land for years trying to prevent disasters and to collect environmental information.

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