Biome Viewer

Thanks to Hannah Steel for the link to this useful visualisation tool.

Biomeviewer displays a range of information in a visual way.

It's really useful for identifying biomes in a general way, and rotating the globe to see where they are located and identifying their characteristics.

There are accompanying resources in a folder, student worksheet and apparently an iOS app too.

The worksheet takes students through the various features which are built into the app.

You can also explore anthromes: anthropogenic biomes. These are where the majority of humanity lives.

A classification proposed by E.C. Ellis, October 25, 2005 lists them. Minimum mapping scale greater than or equal to one square kilometer.

Source: https://ecotope.org/about/anthropogenic_landscapes/

There is a lot more information and some useful maps on this website too, which is the new home of the previous link. Lovely work and I now want to do something with this as well...

There's a Rang-Tan in my bedroom...

A new video on Palm Oil by Greenpeace...

Rainforest biome

A good rainforest activity from the Rainforest Alliance for Year 9 to get in preparation for a unit later this week. Place the rainforest animals in their correct part of the rainforest... a look at the structure of the biome and different layers... Catch up with last week's Planet Earth 2 as well.

Global Ecosystems StoryMap

Tropical Rainforests in Google Street View

We were exploring tropical rainforests earlier this week, and following up a speech made by Prince Charles to the WWF where he suggested that the important element that will be needed to find a way to make the forest worth more alive than dead.

Here's a StreetView links page.
Google has created a range of images and maps.