PBL: Space Dome Project
Webquest Review
Webquest Review
 1. What is the Biosphere?
 2. What is a Biome?
 3. What is an ecosystem? How does it relate to Biomes?
 4. How many Biomes exist on Earth?
 5. What Biome do you live in?
 6. Which Biome interests you the most? Why?
 7. Research Biosphere 2. Write a paragraph describing the
Biosphere 2 project.
 8. How is the Biosphere 2 project similar to the space dome
you will develop?
1. What is the Biosphere?
 The Biosphere is Earth
 3 parts: land, water, air
2. What is a Biome?
A Biome ……
 is a very specialized
ecosystem that only exists in a
certain area or climate.
 They are identified by factors
like temperature, rainfall, soil
type and altitude.
 The organisms are adapted to
its specific climate
(temperature and
precipitation)
4. How many Biomes exist on Earth?
5. What Biome do you live in?
6. Which Biome interests you the most?
Why?
7. Research Biosphere 2. Write a
paragraph describing the Biosphere 2
project.
 Biosphere II – History:
 Science research facility owned by
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the University of Arizona
3.14-acre (3 football fields)
Constructed between 1987 and 1991
cost $200 million from 1985 to 2007
Contained the following biomes:
Rainforest, Ocean, Coral Reef,
Wetands, Savannah, Desert
8 members
Biosphere Problems…
 “The project was wracked by scandals and problems,
including a failure in atmosphere balance that ended when
oxygen was secretly piped in, but also miscalculations in the
populations of ants, fish, roaches, and morning glories that
would explode and throw the system out of balance. Toss in
the secret breaking of the seal to allow a member to leave
and return (bringing supplies), and severe social conflict that
actually resulted in the second mission ending when angry
former members broke the seal from the outside, and the
entire project was eventually deemed a "failure".” –
Wikepedia
8. How is the Biosphere 2 project
similar to the space dome you will
develop?
Videoclips
 Biome Introduction
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFEV-hiP2gQ&feature=related
 Ecosystems
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_RBHfjZsUQ&feature=relmfu
 TOUR with music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gretq4UUf1o&feature=fvwrel
 Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2
http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_poynter_life_in_biosphere_2.html