A user-friendly site where students can see a picture and read
about plant and animal species found in different habitats of North America (scroll down to the
"Habitat Guides" section). Teachers can also create a classroom species list.
"This animation deals with the topics of biodiversity and climate change. It lays out the main effects of climate change, i.e. the strengthening of the natural greenhouse effect phenomenon that has been caused by our way of life, and the unprecedented speeding up of rises in temperature compared with the natural periods of warming that have occurred in the past. It also looks at the main consequences of these changes."