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Biomes

Books

OPAC:  Subject search the name of your biome (e.g., tundra, chaparral).

Some biomes are known by more than one name.  The following list will give you alternative terms to search:

• chaparral; shrubland; Mediterranean scrub
• taiga; boreal; conifer
• deciduous forest; temperate forest
• tundra; polar; arctic
• grasslands; savannah (tropical) ; prairies (temperate)
• rain forest; rainforest; tropical rainforest

Browse:  574.5  The library has many biomes series.  Look for books that are at a comfortable reading level for you.

Print Encyclopedias: World Book; The Living Earth (R/570); Plants and Plant Life (R/580); International Wildlife Encyclopedia (R/591.03)

Videos:

• BrainPop (Subscription Databases–ed1stop–School Help–BrainPop)
• Discovery Streaming (Subscription Databases–ed1stop–School Help–Discovery Streaming) or (My Computer–G drive–Video Clips–Science 6–Biomes)
• Biomes of the World DVDs (on counter)

Websites:

Adaptation Song - Introduction to plant adaptations

Missouri Botanical Garden
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/

Mission: Biomes
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/

Biomes
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html

Chaparral Basics and More (This is a pdf file; allow time for it to load and use the table of contents.)

Introduction to Biomes – (food webs)
http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes.html#info

Introduction to Biomes (includes Mediterranean scrub)  http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/intro.html

Subscription Databases:  Click on subscription databases in the box on the left.

ed1stop:  Includes World Book Online, Grolier’s Encyclopedias, BrainPop and Discovery Streaming. Search by biome.

SIRS Discoverer Online: Do a subject search on your biome.

Revised 11/3/10

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