• http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html
• http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm
• http://www.pbs.org/earthonedge/ecosystems/index.html
• http://www.nps.gov/ever/eco/
• http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/
• http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/

WHAT ARE BIOMES or HABITATS?

• http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes.html
• http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/habitats/habitats.htm
• http://mbgnet.mobot.org/
• http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
• http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/ecosystems.html
• http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/habitat/habitat.html

WHAT ARE RAINFORESTS?

• http://www.jasonproject.org

• http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/habitats/rainforest.htm

• http://www.rainforesteducation.com/

• http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/plants/

• http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/

• http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids_teachers/index.html

• http://www.ran.org/kidscorner/

WHAT ARE DECIDUOUS FORESTS?

• Blue Planet

WHAT ARE CONIFEROUS FORESTS (TAIGA)?

• Blue Planet

WHAT ARE DESERTS?

• Blue Planet

WHAT ARE GRASSLANDS?

• Blue Planet

WHAT ARE SAVANNAS?

• Blue Planet

WHAT ARE TUNDRA?

• Blue Planet

WHAT ARE WETLANDS?

• http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/wetlands.html

• http://www.jasonproject.org/wetlands/web_links/index?

• http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/

• http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/wetlands/chintro.htm

• http://www.nps.gov/ever/eco/

• http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/rivers/index.htm

• http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/KYW/glossary/whatisaws.html

• http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=05080002

• http://www.urbanrivers.org/water_shed.html

• http://oh.water.usgs.gov/miam/MIAM_NAWQA.html

• http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/watershed/watershed2.html

• http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/mearth.html

• United States EPA

• WETMAAP: Wetlands Education Through Maps and Aerial Photography

• America's Wetland Campaign to Save Louisiana's Wetlands

• Natural History of New Orleans

• Freshwater Wetlands
  http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/
  http://www.efieldtrips.org/Wetlands/03_virtual_visit.cfm

• What good are smelly old swamps?
  http://www.acnatsci.org/education/skytosea/swamps2.html

• Kennesaw State University Wetlands Links
  http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/wetlands.html

• EPA Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
  http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/

• What are wetlands? What is the value of wetlands? What are the threats to wetlands? http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/wetlands/chintro.htm

• Bogs are a common type of wetland
  http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/wetlands/chapter2/bogs.htm

• More bog links
  http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Science_and_Nature/The_Earth/Ecology/Wetlands/Bogs/

• Mangrove wetlands
  http://www.oceanoasis.org/fieldguide/mangroves.html

• The Everglades
  http://www.nps.gov/ever/eco/

• Why are Hawaii's wetlands vanishing?
  http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=J0110028&url=J0110028/

• A bog in Illinois
  http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Wetlands/Bog/Bog.html

• Florida Wetlands
  http://wetlandextension.ifas.ufl.edu/

• Maine Wetland Connections
  South Carolina Wetlands "River Venture" (FUN!)
  http://www.riverventure.org/

WHAT IS AN ESTUARY?

ESTUARY: WHERE THE RIVER MEETS SEA

• An estuary is where the river meets the sea
  http://octopus.gma.org/katahdin/estuary.html

• Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program
  http://www.btnep.org/

• EPA Estuaries and Your Coastal Watershed
  http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/factsheets/fact5.html

• Texas State's Kid Page: Estuaries Fun Facts & Games
  http://www.aquariumteacher.com/kids.html

• Gulf of Maine Aquarium
  http://octopus.gma.org/katahdin/

• Chesapeake: The Largest Estuary in the United States
  http://www.chesapeakebay.net/index_students.cfm

• The Mississippi River Delta
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/themes.htm

• Mississippi Delta
  http://www.ucsusa.org/gulf/gcplacesmis.html

THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA & COASTAL WETLANDS

• Color Satellite Images of the Mississippi River Delta
  http://landsat.usgs.gov/gallery/change/218/

• More Images of the Mississippi River Delta
  http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology/GEO_5/GEO_PLATE_D-1.HTML

• What are coastal wetlands?
  http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/habitatprotection/wetlands.htm
  Mississippi River Factoids

• http://nps.gov/miss/features/factoids/
  New Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/

• Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
  http://www.lumcon.edu/

• Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program
  http://www.btnep.org/

WILDLIFE of the LOUISIANA WETLANDS

• Nutria  

• Marsh Mission Journal

• Louisiana Fisheries, Sea Birds, Life Cycles, and more...

• Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council

• Louisiana Fur and Alligator Council  

• Audubon Nature Institute of New Orlans, LA 

• Sandpiper 

WILDLIFE of the LOUISIANA COASTLINE

• Menhaden

CHALLENGES for the LOUSIANA WETLANDS and COASTAL ESTUARIES

• Hypoxia

• Nutria population of Louisiana's Coastal Wetlands

• Nutria population of Louisiana's Coastal Wetlands

• Floods and Levees on the Mississippi

• Hurricanes

• Salt Marsh Dieback

EXPLORING SOLUTIONS FOR LOUISIANA'S LAND LOSS

• Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Project

• Coast 2050  

• ChemCom and Water

• Davis Pond Freshwater Diversion Project

WHAT ARE FOOD CHAINS and FOOD WEBS?

• http://ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm

• http://www.sciencebob.com/lab/q-web-chain.html

• http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm

• http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/food.htm

• http://www.gould.edu.au/foodwebs/kids_web.htm

• http://www.coralreefnetwork.com/educate/shows/foodwebs/slide1.htm

• http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html

• http://oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/foodweb/foodweb.html

• http://www.broadwaters.fsnet.co.uk/food-web.htm

• http://www.arcytech.org/java/population/facts_foodchain.html

• http://www.cas.psu.edu/DOCS/WEBCOURSE/WETLAND/WET1/identify.html#fweb

WHAT IS ECOLOGY?

• http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecology.htm
• http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Science_and_Nature/The_Earth/Ecology/
• http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Science_and_Nature/The_Earth/Environment/Earth_Day/
• http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/earthday/

WHAT IS POLLUTION?

• http://www.metrokc.gov/dnr/kidsweb/solid_waste_main.htm
• http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/
• http://www.learner.org/exhibits/garbage/intro.html
• http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Science_and_Nature/The_Earth/Environment/Recycling/
• http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/Science_and_Nature/The_Earth/Environment/Pollution/

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

• http://web.ukonline.co.uk/webwise/spinneret/plants/photsy.htm
• http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/chlorophyll/chlorophyll_h.htm
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/photosynthesis.html
• http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss3/photosyn/index.html
• http://www.life.uiuc.edu/bio100/lectures/s97lects/07Photosynthesis/overview.gif
• http://www.mcwdn.org/Plants/Photosynthsis.html
• http://www.mcwdn.org/Plants/PhotosynthesisQuiz.html
• http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry?id=37276
• http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/science/brainpop/movie?id=photosynthesis

ENERGY CYCLE

• http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/biology/enercyc.html
• http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm.method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=455
• http://www.uwsp.edu/CNR/wcee/keep/Mod1/Flow/Index.htm

DECOMPOSERS

• http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep11b.htm
• http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/animal/index.htm
• http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/adaptations/index.cfm

BIODIVERSITY and CONSERVATION

• ttp://www.biodiversity911.org/
• http://redpath-museum.mcgill.ca/Qbp/introe.html
• http://www.fieldmuseum.org/biodiversity/
• http://www.tc-biodiversity.org/

ADAPTATIONS

• http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/animal/index.htm
• http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/adaptations/index.cfm

TEACHER RESOURCES

• Ducks Unlimited Teachers Guide to Wetland Activities
• NOAA

VIRTUAL SCIENCE

• Field Trips

• Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection

• Virtual Frog Dissection

• Virtual Fly-Over United States