Biomes web quest

DESERT BIOME SITES
MBGnet: Deserts
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/desert/index.htm
Sahara Crosser's Corner
http://www.eden-foundation.org/sahara/index.html

TUNDRA BIOME SITES
MBGnet: Tundra
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/tundra/index.htm
Tundra
http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/tundra5/tundra5.html

RAINFOREST BIOME SITES
MBGnet: Rainforests
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/index.htm
Live from the Rainforest
http://passporttoknowledge.com/rainforest/intro.html
MBGnet: Animals of the Rainforest
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/index.htm
Rainforest Action Network
http://www.ran.org

GRASSLAND BIOME SITES
MBGnet: Grasslands
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm
Earth Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/biograssland.html

WATER BIOME SITES
MBGnet: Marine Ecosystems
http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/index.htm
MBGnet: The Freshwater Ecosystems
http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/index.htm

WOODLANDS BIOME SITES
MBGnet: Temperate Forests
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/temp/index.htm
MBGnet: Taiga
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/taiga/index.htm

SPECIFIC BIOMES
Don't forget that there are many specific biomes that you might want to explore virtually with your students. In fact, it might be fun to explore a specific biome such as the Everglades, then as a class, use that exploration to create a definition of that biome. Do further research on that biome to see how your class's definition holds up under scrutiny. We've included the International Space Station, too! Challenge your students to figure out why.
The Everglades
http://www.nps.gov/ever/
Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island, Inc. Slideshow of Animals
http://www.cresli.org/cresli/slides/dol1jpg.html
The Great Barrier Reef Explorer
http://www.reefed.edu.au/home/explorer
International Space Station
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

MOTHER SITES
Many of the sites used in this article come from these mother sites. You might want to click through them thoroughly, as most offer even more information than we've shared with you here.
MBGnet
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm
Student Biome Project
http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/index1.html

OTHER SITES OF INTEREST
As we researched this article, we came across many sites that might be useful in your classroom studies of the world.
Montreal Biodome
http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biodome/site/site.php?langue=en
Tour of Biomes
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
World Biome Map
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm