Taft School Grade 4 Mrs. Bunsey

Lakewood City Schools Taft LRC Elementary School Pathfinders Lakewood Public Library

Living Things - their life cycles, plus the places and groups in which they live.

MBGNet - Learn about Biomes of the World: the desert, grasslands, rainforest, temperate forest, taiga & tundra. Investigate the plants and animals that are unique to each environment. Also explore Marine Ecosystems (salt), oceans and shoreline, and Fresh Water Marine Habitats.

All About Nature: Biomes - Habitats - Get great information on the animals that live in the various biomes -- printouts with pictures to color.

Earth Floor: Biomes - Find a description of each biome and its plants and animals.

EO Laboratory - Mission: Biomes - Good reference material and interactive activities.

The World's Biomes - Aquatic, deserts, forests, grasslands and tundra. Includes a good section on the importance of biomes.

worldbiomes.com - 5 types of biomes and subdivisions. A good map of the various types.

Desert USA Desert Animals and Wildlife

Food Chains and Food Webs Pathfinder

Database Search: OneSearch

NoodleBib Bibliography Composer - Single citation

Books and Audio-Visual:

• The Random House Book of How Nature Works by Steve Parker. j574.713 Parker
• What Is a Biome? by Bobbie Kalman. j577 Kalman
• Ecosystems by Pam Robson. j577 Robson
• What Are Food Chains and Webs? by Bobbie Kalman. j577.16 Kalman
• U·X·L Encyclopedia of Biomes by Marlene Weigel. j577.82 Weigel V.1, V.2, V.3
• Animals and Their Niches: How Species Share Resources by Laurence Pringle. j591.5 746
• Biomes of the world in action. Tundra [videorecording]. JVIDEO 577.586
• Biomes of the world in action. Rainforest biomes [videorecording]. JVIDEO 577.34
• All about water ecosystems [videorecording]. JVIDEO 577.6
• All about deserts and grasslands [videorecording]. JVIDEO 577
• All about forest ecosystems [videorecording]. JVIDEO 577.3