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What is a wetland? |
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Environment Australia - what they are and why they are important |
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Ramsar Bureau |
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National Wildlife Federation Wetlands -types, benefits and threats to wetlands |
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Backyard Habitat-
How to Create a Mini-Wetland |
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Why are wetlamds important? - The evergreen project |
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Streamwatch |
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Wetlands
vital links between land and water |
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Queensland Education |
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EPA |
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Protecting the wetlands
- slide show and clear definition. American content
applicable to Australia |
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Facts about Wetlands |
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The Wetlands Centre |
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Californian
wetlands good definition |
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Wet and Dry Webquest |
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Biodiversity Group |
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Desert animals of the USA |
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Deserts of the World Webquest |
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Wingecarribe wetlands |
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To Restore or Not to Restore: That is the Wetlands Question - environmental news service |
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Activities for writing a desert animal report |
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Wetland Kids (US site, excellent) with definition, glossary, function and conservation |
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What is a wetland - comparing environments |
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Why are wetlands important |
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NSW National Parks Service |
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Desert
Animals and Biomes - enchanted learning site with printouts and templates |
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Bugasaurus Explorus
The department of land and water conservation site. Enter the weird and wonderful world of water bugs. A game lets you create hundreds of crazy critters. Using the real-life parts of super-cool bugs, you can create your own little monster, and naming it |
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Waterwatch Victoria |
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Wet
and Dry Environments Digital Worksheet |
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Endangered means theres still time - great slide show dealing with animal protection, ecosystems and a glossary of environmental terminology |
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What
is a desert animals and plants |
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Build your own water cycle |
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Geo Globe Interactive Geography
Why have some wetland plants adapted to conserve water? Why do many plants in the tundra have especially small seeds? In Geo - Adapt, find out how plants have adapted to various habitats all over the world. |
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Illustrated water cycle |
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Types of Deserts |
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Desert
Hunt Imagine you're an archaeologist seeking the fabled legendary lost city of Arabia. You've learned it's somewhere in the Rub al Khali Desert. The map highlights most of the world's deserts. Click on the one you think contains the Rub al Khali |
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Swamp Animals |
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Biomes- enchanted learning |
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Desert Animal Survival |
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feature on deserts |
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Goannas
What is a goanna? unique Australian animals |
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The effect of fires on wetland animals e.g goannas |
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Landcare Site
- scroll down to reptiles |
Any or
all of this site may be used in print or electronic format by educational
institutions
for educational
purposes (with appropriate attribution)
Compiled
by Susan O'Grady
Last
modifiedJuly 4, 2003