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Chapter 12 World Climate, Soils and Vegetation |
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Shades of Green: Earth's Forests: |
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superb exploration of the world's main forest ecosystems by means of educational
texts and superb photographs. Take an extended walk through a temperate
coniferous forest; explore the forest types of the world; look at different
forms of forest life; consider the importance of forests, threats to forests
and forests through time. The site also has a "Teachers' area" with additional
resources. http://library.thinkquest.org/17456/ |
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Biomes resource page (links): |
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access a useful Biomes resource page (a page of links), click on "Investigating
Earth 1" and then on "Biome Projects".This will take you to a listing of
the major biomes; click on each one to get to a page of links for that biome. http://www.jlhs.nhusd.k12.ca.us/Classes/Science/Science.html |
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A virtual tour through the tropical rainforest in Suriname: |
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Full of interesting detail about the rainforest and its inhabitants. http://www.euronet.nl/users/mbleeker/suriname/suri-eng.html |
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A virtual field trip to Indian Peaks, Colorado |
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This geography field trip takes you into the mountains of Colorado to study
the altitudinal zonation of vegetation from mixed forest to alpine tundra.
You also get the chance to investigate alpine glacial processes and landforms.
Fantastic photos! http://www.uwsp.edu/acaddept/geog/projects/virtdept/ipvft/ipvftmod.html |
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