Science - 3rd Grade
Educational Links

Standard 2

Students will understand that organisms depend on living and nonliving things within their environment.

Objective 2

Describe the interactions between living and nonliving things in a small environment.

• Biomes from Enchanted Learning
  Maps, information about animals, and printable resources are available.
• Biomes of the World: The Wild Classroom and Explore Biodiversity
  Click on a biome on the graph for more information, informative videos, and links to scientist profiles, travel information, lesson plans and species profiles for each region.
• People and Endangered Species
  This lesson provides students with an overview of some endangered species and of the ways that human activities contribute to species endangerment.
• Windows to the Universe: Biomes and Ecosystems
  Learn about different biomes of the world, with three different readability levels, with similar plants, animals, and other living things that are adapted to the climate and other conditions.

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