IB SL ESS Biome Project
Due: Tuesday, December 10, 2012
Biosphere: The regions of the Earth that are able to support life.
Biome: Groups of ecosystems with similar climatic conditions and
distinct abiotic factors and species that allow for distinguish between
biomes. Rainfall, sunlight (insolation) and temperatures are the key
features. Biomes cross national boundaries (ex. Sahara desert is in
more than one country)
Your task is to design a poster outlining the characteristics
of your biome. Your poster will be presented to the class.
Posters will be done in partners. See rubric on reverse.
Poster must include:
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Image of distribution of biome in the world
Climate of biome
o Annual precipitation/rainfall (mm)
o Temperature – average, highs and
lows (°C)
o Insolation (sunlight, latitude etc.)
o Climograph image
Net Primary Productivity - Gain of energy by
producers per area per unit time
(dependent upon levels of photosynthesis)
– See textbook.
Characteristics of vegetation (including
biodiversity)
Biome topic choice will be made in
class and includes:
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Desert
Temperate grassland
Tropical rainforest
Tundra
Boreal forest (Taiga)
No Wikipedia. MLA citations must be glued to the
back of the poster, including image citations. Start all research using the library homepage.
Biome Project Rubric
Poster
Poster is very
attractive, good
use of colour
and font.
images are easy
to understand.
Poster is
attractive. Font it
too small or
images are
unclear.
Poster is messy
with too much
font, poor
layout.
Poster is
unattractive.
Little effort
shown.