Use your extra time to study these sites about forests.
Coniferous forest links:
| http://www.his.com/~mallmary/forestbiomes/Coniferous.htm
Read. Especially notice the top picture that shows conditions on the forest floor and the paragraph telling about adaptations trees have to withstand heavy snows. |
| http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/conifers/tiaga.html
Read opening page. Also click the links to the food web and energy pyramid. |
| http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/bioconiferous.html
Read page. Click the graphs and map; study. |
| http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/taiga/taiga.html
Read. Pick out the interesting details. |
| http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/taiga/
Read. Click the links on the left to see what the taiga looks like, what plants and animals are there, etc. |
Deciduous forest links:
| http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/deciduous/decfor.html
Read opening page. Also click the links to the food web and energy pyramid. |
| http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/biotemperate.html
Read page. Click the graphs and map; study. |
| http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/temp/
Read. Click the links on the left to learn more about the deciduous forest. |
Tropical rainforest links:
| http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/rainforest/tropi_rain/rain.html
Read opening page. Also click the links to the food web and energy pyramid. |
| http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/biorainforest.html
Read page. Click the graphs and map; study. |
| http://www.pbs.org/tal/costa_rica/rainwalk.html
Take a walk in the rainforest. |
| http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/
Read. Click the links on the left to learn more about rainforests. |
Use any search engine to learn more about forests.