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Our environment: it's a living thing
The world's biomes
Our environment: it's a living thing 
Information about ways we can live more environmentally friendly lives is collected here in sections of Save at home, Save at work, and Save at play. Within these topics, students can research Water, Energy, Green power recycling, Transport, Chemicals and Waste. The site has detailed data on what individuals can do to change homes and habits, ideas on environmentally friendly products and design ideas. These are commonly found environmental topics, but Resources has some unusual material, such as school, community and industry Case studies of sustainable behaviours. This area of the site will be useful for senior research in Geography and Science. The site provides a good central databank of environmental initiatives that is easy for students to access and use when researching ways of becoming more environmentally aware, and also for studying the concept of sustainability. R. Parnis
USER LEVEL: Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Community
KLA: HSIE; Science; SciTech
SYLLABUS: Earth & Environmental Science Stage 6; Geography 7-10; Geography Stage 6; Science & Technology K-6
SCIS SUBJECTS: Conservation of natural resources; New South Wales - Environmental aspects; Sustainable living
PUBLISHER: NSW Environmental Trust, Australia
REVIEW DATE: 24/04/09 [333.72] SCIS 1395553
The world’s biomes
Six biomes are presented on this informative site: Freshwater , Marine, Desert , Forest , Grassland and Tundra . There is a strong focus on the conservation and preservation of biomes with a useful summary of the impact of human activities. Comprehensive information is included on each biome, as well as representative photographs. Each page contains a link to a gallery of photographs that shows the diversity of ecosystems that exist in each biome. This site is relevant to Focus Area 4G2 in the Geography 7–10 syllabus and outcome 5.10 in the Science 7–10 syllabus, as well as supporting the Stage 6 Biology Module: Evolution of Australian biota and aspects of Earth and Environmental Science Stage 6. J. Morgan
USER LEVEL: Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Professional
KLA: HSIE; Science
SYLLABUS: Biology Stage 6; Earth & Environmental Science Stage 6; Geography 7–10; Science 7–10
SCIS Subjects: Biomes; Earth sciences; Human ecology
PUBLISHER: University of California, USA
REVIEW DATE: 20/11/08 [577] SCIS 1139372
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