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WORLD BIOMES

This section contains resources and activities related to the world's biomes.

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World Biomes Interactive

Description: This awesome interactive map allows students to click on any of the world's major biomes including polar, taiga (boreal forest), grassland, desert, temperate forest, tundra, and more!

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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World Deserts Interactive

Description: This awesome interactive map allows students to click on any of eleven major deserts of the world to learn all about them. It includes the Sahara, Kalahari, Gobi, Namib, Atacama, Patagonian, and others.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Habitat Maker - Online Game

Description: This totally fun simulation allows students to create up to five different habitats with a selection of customizable, cartoonish animals and plants that belong in the habitats. In additions, students can enter the "lost dimension" where they can craft their own animals from the parts of different animals!

Type: Science Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4

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Saguaro National Park Coloring Page

Description: This is a beautiful outline scene of Saguaro National PArk

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Saguaro Cactus Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Wonders of Greenland Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Greenland Coat of Arms Coloring

Description: This activity features a beautiful outline of the Greenland's polar bear-themed Coat of Arms.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Great Barrier Reef Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Great Barrier Reef Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Great Barrier Reef Cloze Reading

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

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Redwood National Park Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 114 Words; LEXILE: 710

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Redwood National Park Crossword - Online

Description: This is an interactive crossword puzzle that comes with a short reading passage. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Redwood National Park Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4

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Redwood National Park Sentence Surgeons - Online

Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.

Type: Sentence Surgeons

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Sahara Desert Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Sahara Desert Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Great Plains Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Great Plains Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Amazon Rainforest Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH = 411 words; LEXILE LEVEL = 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Amazon Rainforest Reading Comprehension (Main Idea Focus) - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Amazon Rainforest Reading Comprehension (Contextual Vocabulary Focus) - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Amazon Rainforest Reading Comprehension (Details Focus) - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Amazon Rainforest Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 411 words; LEXILE LEVEL = 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Amazon Interactive

Description: This interactive Amazon exhibit allows students to click and learn about the layers of the forest, the water cycle, the wildlife, and the products harvested from the Amazon Rainforest.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Imagine: Shenandoah National Park

Description: This activity provides a vivid description of Shenandoah National Park. Based on the description, students must draw and color the scene described.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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African Savanna Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Imagine: Great Smoky Mountains

Description: This exercise provides a vivid description of a scene at Great Smoky Mountains National Park and requires students to draw it using their imagination. Imagery to Canvas.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Imagine: Everglades National Park

Description: This activity provides a vivid description of a scene from Everglades National Park and requires students to draw based on their interpretation. Imagery to Canvas

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Imagine: Yellowstone National Park

Description: This activity requires students to read a short but vivid description of a scene within Yellowstone National Park and to use their imagination to translate to a picture. Imagery to Canvas.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Imagine: Arches National Park

Description: This activity requires students to draw and color a scene from Arches National Park based on a vivid description. Imagery to Canvas

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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National Parks Interactive Map

Description: This section features an interactive map of America's 58 national parks. Clicking on the map allows students to learn about the national park of interest, as well as watch a narrated video. Students can learn about Yellowstone, Yosemite, Death Valley, Everglades, Denali, Rocky Mountain, Arches, and many more. Perfect for state reports or reports on America's national parks.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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National Parks Scavenger Hunt

Description: This is designed to be used with the National Parks Interactive Map.

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Animal Idol - Online Game

Description: Welcome to Animal Idol. In this game, your knowledge of the animal and plant kingdoms will be tested like its never been tested before. Unlike American Idol, you won’t have to sing, but you will have to answer questions about animals, plants, and biomes. Each round has a different theme and the questions are tough. To make it to the next round, simply score five correct answers and score at least 50 percent. For example, if you get five correct, but get eight incorrect, you will be eliminated, but if you get five correct and four incorrect, you will survive. After every round, you’ll endure criticism by the three judges, Randy Jackal, Paula Impala, and Simon Cow. Can you be the next Animal Idol?

Type: Science Games

Format: Online Activity

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Animal Idol Demonstration Video

Description: This video will show you how to play Animal Idol.

Type: Science Games

Format: Online Activity

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Animalia - Online Game

Description: How well do you know where in the world animals live? Drag and drop the animals to their continents. There are 31 total animals. If you correctly place 28 or more, you can print out a gold medal certificate with one of the animals. There are 31 total certificates you can earn, so play often and trade with your friends to collect them all.

Type: Science Games

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Biofuels Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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Arctic Tundra Cloze Reading

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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Life on the Prairie Cloze Reading

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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World Deserts Label-me Map

Description: This printable activity requires students to label the major deserts of the world including the Sahara, Kalahari, Mojave, Gobi, Arabian, and six others.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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World Deserts Label-me Quiz - Online

Description: This online quiz requires students to label the major deserts of the world including the Sahara, Kalahari, Mojave, Gobi, Arabian, and six others. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Online Activity

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Reading Comprehension

Description: This is a printable reading comprehension passage and multiple-choice question set. There are seven questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 539 Words; LEXILE: 1210

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Biomes Word Search - Online

Description: This is an online word search with biomes-themed words. Choose with or without a timer.

Type: Science Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Amazon Paralaugh - Online

Description: This fun, interactive activity allows students to type in parts of speech to create a hilarious and printable story about reptiles.

Type: Word/Phonics Game

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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The Arctic Tundra - A Brief Discussion and Video

Description: This page tells about the Arctic Tundra. It includes a video.

Type: Science Profiles or Narratives

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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