Grade 5 - Ecosystems

General Online Resources

• EBSCOHost Databases

• World Book Online 

• ABC-CLIO World Geography

• ABC-ClIO U.S. Geography

Link to Assignment and Resources in the Library

Citation Expectations

Information Evaluation & Note Taking Expectations

Nonfiction 

Ecosystems Pathfinder

Evaluate!

Read!

Think!

Read!

Look away & think!

Write!

Check!

Cite!

Ecosystem-specific Online Resources

• General Ecosystems/Biomes

  • Kids Do Ecology - World Biomes

  • NASA Earth Observatory - Mission: Biomes

  • The Wild Classroom & Explore Biodiversity - Biomes of the World

  • Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Minnesota's Biomes

• Coral Reefs

  • PBS Learning Media - How Coral Grows

• Coastal 

  • MarineBio.org - Estuaries, Salt Marshes, and Mangroves

  • NH Department of Environmental Services Fact Sheet - Salt Marsh

  • Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute - Coastal Science

• Deserts

  • University of California Museum of Paleontology - The Desert Biome

• Grasslands

  • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - What is a Prairie

• Population

  • Learning Science.org - Populations & Ecosystems (5-8)

• Rain Forests

  • PBS - Journey Into Amazonia

Pathfinder Keywords