Gather Information About Biomes From a Variety of Sources

Local Print and Non print Resources

 Skills

• School Library holdings
  • Use the Automated Card Catalog to locate books in Nonfiction and Reference
  • Print Encyclopedias
• Public Library holdings
  • BCPL Online Catalog
  • EBSCO®
  • New Book of Popular Science
  • Groliers's Encyclopedia Americana
  • Grolier's Multimedia Encyclopedia
• CD-ROM Encyclopedias
• Online Encyclopedias
• BCPS Fee-Based Databases - newspapers, magazines, maps, excerpts from books, and TV and radio transcripts.
  Ask your school librarian for passwords for use at home.

• Search Strategies (Boolean, Natural Language, etc)
• Using the BCPL Online Catalog
• Using Print and CD-ROM Encyclopedias... Advantages of different encyclopedia formats
• Using Online Encyclopedias ...See help section on each encyclopedia website

  Skills

Biomes Biomes and Soils - Köppen Biomes Biomes of the World Biomes of the World- MGBnet Biomes of the World - Network for Instructional TV Earth Biomes Learning Module Introduction to Biomes (6 biomes) Introduction to Biomes (8 biomes) Mission: Biomes - NASA Terrestrial Biomes World Biomes WorldBiomes.com World's Biomes

• Evaluating Web sites for Authenticity...This skill lesson would be extremely helpful for evaluating web sites pertaining to the Holocaust.
• Using Electric Library...Learn how to search for magazine, newspaper and transcripts.
• Comparing Search Tools on the Web...Learn the various search engines and why each produces a different set of results.
• Choosing the Best Search Tools for Your Task ...Learn when to use which search engine.
• Using the Internet