BiomeViewer

This interactive module explores biomes, climate, biodiversity, and human impacts around the globe and at different times.

Are there frogs on Mount Everest? What is the weather like in the Congo Basin in February? Do any endangered species live in my neighborhood? This data-rich Click & Learn allows students to investigate answers to these questions and many others. They can “drop a pin” in any location to see historic climate data, detailed wildlife descriptions, stunning pictures, and more. They can also explore global trends in natural features and human activities, including how patterns of human settlement and agriculture have changed the planet since 1700.

The accompanying “Student Worksheet” guides students’ exploration. It introduces the various types of data in BiomeViewer, and delves deeper into biodiversity data and human impacts on the environment.

The “Resource Google Folder” link directs to a Google Drive folder of resource documents in the Google Docs format. Not all downloadable documents for the resource may be available in this format. The Google Drive folder is set as “View Only”; to save a copy of a document in this folder to your Google Drive, open that document, then select File → “Make a copy.” These documents can be copied, modified, and distributed online following the Terms of Use listed in the “Details” section below, including crediting BioInteractive.