Middle School Pathfinders Lakewood City Schools Lakewood Public Library     Mr. Fasset / Ms. Musal Emerson Middle School - Grade 6

The Food Chain - A concise description.
Biodiversity: From Sea to Shining Sea - A map of the major U.S. ecoregions.
Living Things - Their life cycles, plus the places and groups in which they live.
Biomes Around the World - Learn about the desert, grasslands, rainforest, temperate forest, taiga & tundra. Investigate the plants and animals unique to each environment.
All About Nature: Biomes - Habitats - Great information on the animals that live in the various biomes.
Earth Floor: Biomes - A description of each biome and its plants and animals.
Marine Ecosystems (salt) - Learn about oceans and shoreline, or Fresh Water Marine Habitats. Explore the water cycle (play a game too!)
Take a National Wildlife Federation Cool Tour of the Water Cycle. You can also take the Wetlands quiz and learn about Humans and Endangered Species.
Visit Desert USA. While you're there, check out the animal and plant of the month.
Forest Conservation Links - A directory of sites about the types of forests, biodiversity and conservation.
The Food Chain - A ThinkQuest student project on the web of life.
Middle School Earth Science Explorer - Take the student entrance and go to the Earth floor to learn about diversity, adaptation and biomes.
Conservation International: Investigate Biodiversity - Start with Basics and use the Resources section for finding more information.
Web of Life Exhibit at the London Zoo - Visit the section called Story of Life - What is Biodiversity?
Owl Pellets - A dissection project described by some younger students.
The Polite Term is Pellets - An article from Missouri Conservationist magazine about owl pellets.
Owl Pellets-A World of Discovery! - An extensive (5 pages) article about owls and using their pellets in your class. Caution: the article may be wider than your monitor screen.
Dissecting Owl Pellets - How to do it. You can see some more dissections at KidWings.
Research Databases (Outside the Library OPLIN databases require an Ohio public library card for access) - Look to these databases for articles on your topics.

BOOKS:
Food Chains: The Unending Cycle by Margaret J. Anderson. j574.53 Anderson
Chain of Life: A Story of a Forest Food Cycle by Patricia Collins. j574.5264 243
Who Eats What? : Food Chains and Food Webs by Patricia Lauber. j574.53 Lauber
The Random House Book of How Nature Works by Steve Parker. j574.713 Parker
What Is a Biome? by Bobbie Kalman. j577 Kalman
What Are Food Chains and Webs? by Bobbie Kalman. j577.16 Kalman
U·X·L Encyclopedia of Biomes by Marlene Weigel. j577.82 Weigel V.1, V.2, V.3
Animals and Their Niches: How Species Share Resources by Laurence Pringle. j591.5 746

Here are a few to get you started, but you can also find books on specific biotic communities and other topics. Please ask a librarian for help or search the catalog.