Biomes

=Biomes Project=

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**Print Resources**
The biome books have been pulled. There are sets of reference books available. The animal books have not yet been pulled. You can search your animal in the [|Highland Library Catalog]. Once you find your animal, ask for help finding books about your topic!

Databases
For all these resources you can use a Cook Library Number to access resources. Highland's generic number is
 * 21122002134515 **
 * [|New Book of Popular Science]- Search for a biome and you'll not only get an article about it, but also information about the animal and plant life of that biome.
 * [|Amazing Animals of the World] - An encyclopedia just about ANIMALS!
 * [|Science in Context]- Use the reference tab articles for background information. To get news, use the magazine or news tabs.
 * [|Environmental Encyclopedia] - A reference book about environmental issues around the world.
 * [|World Book Reference Center] - General encyclopedia.

**Web Sites on Biomes**

 * [|Biomes of the World] - From the Wild Classroom. Each biome has a page of resources, video, and many images
 * [|World Biomes] - A resource from Kids Do Ecology. Brief, easy to read blurbs about each biome.
 * [|What's it Like Where You Live?]
 * [|Earth Floor: Biomes] - A student friendly resource from the Center for Educational Technologies.
 * [|The World's Biomes] - An online exhibit from the University of California Museum of Palentology.
 * [|Mission: Biomes] - A resource from NASA about the various biomes in the world. At the bottom of each page, there are also links to other sites for additional information.
 * [|Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World] - This resource from National Geographic begins with a map. Click on an area of the map to get in-depth information about that ecoregion (biome).
 * [|Encyclopedia of the Earth: Biomes] - An article with links to sub-articles about the various biomes. Citations are available at the bottom of each article.
 * [|Blue Planet]- A map of the world shows the locations of the biomes, which is very helpful when investigating GEOGRAPHY. Click on the name of the biome in the key for detailed information.The detailed information also includes plant and animal life in various biomes.

**Environmental Current Events**
Remember all those fantastic news resources we talked about earlier in the year? They'll probably be helpful to find environmental current events too! Remember, you'll need the Cook Library card # to access these resources. 1. [|America's News: NewsBank] NewsBank database will allow you to search Newspapers from Illinois and all over the country. You will need to type in a Cook Library card number to access this database.

2. [|Student Resource Center] Tips: click on Content Type to limit to news and magazines. Need search terms? Click on the science button to get a list. You will need to type in a Cook Library card number to access this database.

3. [|SIRS Discoverer] Type in a keyword. When the results list comes up, click on Newspapers and make sure you sort by date to get the most recent articles. You can also click on the science beaker to get a list of science terms. Click on Newspapers. Notice on the right column of the screen more specific keywords keep coming up as you make choices.

4. [|Newsela] - This resource has a science news section. You'll need a username and password username: highland70 password: hornets

Citing Sources
[|EasyBib] - make sure you use your account, it is your username and password for your Google Account.