abcteach - Habitats
Find fun games and activities on the African Savannah, Antarctica, the Arctic, coral reef, desert, pond, rain forest, and wetlands.
Amazon Interactive
Educational website featuring an ecotourism simulation game and information on the Ecuadorian Amazon geography and biotic community.
Biomes
Overview of the biome concept with images and information on the different biome types.
Biomes First
Class project, with information, stories, photographs and data about a wide variety of different biomes.
Kids.Mongabay.com
Offers a collection of facts, pictures, and information designed to help kids gain a better understanding of rainforests.
The Mariana Trench
Describes the biology, exploration and geology of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the earth's oceans.
NASA Earth Observatory: Mission Biomes
Features two interactive missions: children match the climagraph to the correct biome and find out where in the world different plant specimens must go.
NSIDC Education Center
Contains informative articles about the cryosphere, frozen ground, glaciers, snow and sea ice, including information on their importance in climate change studies.
Rainforest Education
Gives details about the plants and animals and human cultures living in tropical rainforests. Includes photos and information about plant medicines and diseases.
World Biomes
Offers information about five major world biomes, including links and recommended reading.
The World's Biomes
Describes the importance of five different biomes: grasslands, tundra, aquatic, deserts and forests.
WWF: Habitats
World Wildlife Fund presents an introduction to the world's major habitats and biomes, with explanations of conservation concerns in each and of the types of wildlife living there.