Ecosystems and Adaptation

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Title Call Number
Animals and their niches: How species share resources 591.5 PRI
What is a Biome? 577 KAL
Ecology: The study of Environment 574.5 SCH
Ecosystems and Environment 577 FUL
Our natural homes: Exploring terrestrial biomes of North and South America 574.5 COL
Living in a world of blue 577.78 STO
Living in a world of white 591.7 STO
Magic School bus hops home 591.5 REL

 

 

Title Call Number
All about plant structure and growth VID 581.41 ALL

 

 

World Book Online Kids Infobits
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Google Yahooligans!

 

 

Links to websites  
BBC School. Habitats (activity)
BBC School Adaptation and Interdependence (activity)
Animal Diversity Web (Pictures and sounds)
Ecosystem and Biomes games (activity)
Photo Journey through a rainforest
Links to Ecosystems websites
World Travel (Great activity. tours, pictures, music)
Scholastic Endangered Ecosystems
Ecosystems definitions
Diverse Species catalog
Build a Prairie (game)
FOSSWEB site links
How Crocodiles adapted over time
How cats adapted over time
Adaptation of Arctic Animals
PBS Night creatures of the Kalahari
Why most animals are insects
Critter Camouflage
Animal Adaptations Teacher guide
Animal Adaptation vocabulary list
Camouflage Field Book (activity)

 

Videos available in RISD only
Abiotic factors in Ecosystems (17:30)
Amphibian Adaptation (5:00)
Creature Feature: All or part of a whole (5:00)
Adapting to Changes in Nature (14:06)
Animal adaptations: What are they? (14:00)
Crocodile Adaptation (2:21)
Diversity of Life: Go climb a tree (10:00)
Diversity of Life: In the rain forest (10:00)
Ecology: Organisms and their environment (14:58)
Ecosystems: Populations and Habitats (5:00)
Exploring the Diversity of Life: A world of difference (10:00)
Exploring the Diversity of Life: Insect Diversity (10:00)
Exploring the Diversity of Life: Life in Layers (10:00)
How birds are adapted to flight (3:17)
How mountains affect life (13:00)
Life in the desert system (20:00)
The life of a forest (20:40)
Life Science Ecology (20:00)
More animal adaptations (24:00)
Ocean Habitats (16:00)
Ocean Habitat: light and dark zones (19:00)
Plant adaptations (13:15)
You in the food web (18:48)

 

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