Mapping the World’s Forests
A holistic system of global ecological zones is now used to classify the world’s forests. In this activity, students examine this system to see how temperature and moisture determine the type of forest in a given locale.
Soil
Family Activity: Field, Forest, and Stream
Compare different environments to understand how nonliving elements can influence living elements within an ecosystem.
Family Activity: The Forest of S.T. Shrew
Take a “shrew’s-eye-view” of life in the woods and uncover the diversity in the forest.