Taiga or Boreal Forest Biome
Explore the taiga or boreal forests, the largest land biome, with these interactive eBooks. Discover the remarkable
adaptations of the plants and animals that help them survive the cold winters of the taiga. Construct a diorama,
build a simplified food web for a taiga habitat, and investigate how climate change is affecting this biome.
Explore of the boreal forest, the largest land biome.
Are these great conifer forests found in both hemispheres?
View timelapse videos of the stunning Northern Lights and explore what it is like to experience a polar night.
Are all conifers evergreen? What makes a conifer, a conifer?
Learn how permafrost affects tree growth on the taiga.
Explore the Taiga climate, the forest undergrowth, and taiga food webs.
What iconic animals live in the conifer forests?
Has climate change affected the taiga biome?
What are “drunken trees” and how is melting permafrost affecting buildings, roads and even airports on the taiga?
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Explore Earth’s taiga habitats with these interactive eBooks.
Focus on the plants and animals that live there, and the remarkable adaptations that help living things survive the long, cold winters and short summers.
Explore the Taiga Biome
(the great boreal forests)
Interactive exploration of the boreal forest, the largest land biome. Is it in both hemispheres? Are all conifers evergreen? What makes a conifer a conifer. Explore its climate, the forest undergrowth, and food webs. Watch a timelapse of the Northern Lights. Has climate change affected this biome?
Solve a Conifer Forest
Crossword Puzzle
Can you solve the puzzle?
conifer, spruce, fir, pine, larch, evergreen, boreal, forest, cone, permafrost, muskeg, bog, moss, lichen, needles, cones, moose, wolf, lynx, bear, hare, owl, migration, hibernation, wildfire