LEARNING—FOCUS STRATEGIES
Lesson Planning Form
Teacher(s)
Sykes
Grade Level
7th
Subject
Science
GPS
Describe the characteristics of Earth's major terrestrial biomes (i.e., tropical rain forest, savannah,
temperate, desert, taiga, tundra, and mountain) and aquatic communities (i.e., freshwater, estuaries,
and marine).
Concept, Topic, Skill
What are the plants and animals that live in each biome? What abiotic factors affect the types of living
things that can survive in each biome?
Essential Question(s)
What are biomes? What factors determine biomes? What are the
features of earth’s terrestrial biomes? What are the features of the
tundra? What are the features of the taiga/ What are the features of
the temperate deciduous forest? What are the features of the
temperate grasslands? What are the features of the tropical savanna?
What are the features of the tropical rainforest? What are the features
of the desert? What is a marine ecosystem? What is an estuary? What
are the features of freshwater ecosystems? How do abiotic factors
affect life in ecosystems?
Activator:
Biomes KWL: Biomes 101:Brainpop: Land Biomes, Brainpop: Tundra,
Biomes flashcards, Brainpop: Taiga, Brainpop: Rainforest, Brainpop:
Savanna, Brainpop: Desert; Biome picture previews, Biomes
wordsplash
Abiotic, biotic, terrestrial, marine, aquatic, estuary, salinity,
tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, temperate grasslands,
tropical savanna, tropical rainforest, desert, climate, precipitation
Ch 6 CPO Biomes- content reading, Biomes of the World, Tundra Rdg
Comp, Tundra Compare/contrast arctic and alpine (Venn diagram),
Taiga Rdg Comp, Tundra/Taiga compare/ contrast (Venn diagram),
Biome Powerpoint notes, Grasslands and Savanna Rdg Comp and
graphic organizers, Forests graphic organizers, Rainforest Rdg Comp,,
Deset Rdg Comp , Desert graphic organizer, Ch 6 CPO Desert content
reading; Comparing climate graphs; Holt Ch 20 Marine ecosystem
content reading, Coach Books: Aquatic Ecosystems
Write summaries of each of the reading comprehension articles. Write
compare contrast paragraphs about the tundra and taiga, about the
tundra and desert. Write a story about visiting one of the biomes.
(ex: kwl, word maps, wordsplash, etc)
Key Vocabulary to Preview
Teaching Strategies
Include Graphic Organizer(s)
(Which one and how will it be
used?)
Summarizer
One thing about biomes, 2 factors that determine biomes, 2 features of
tundra, 2 types of tundra, Describe how climate of taiga affects
adaptations of plants, 3 trees of deciduous forest, How are temperate
grasslands and tropical savanna the same? How different?, Which
biome has greatest biotic diversity? 2 plant and 2 animal adaptations
in desert What is an estuary? How does a marine ecosystem differ
from a freshwater ecosystem? CPS: lesson review questions
Extending and Refining
Biome project , Forest drawings, desert drawings, ocean drawings,
crossword puzzles, Name That Biome games
Assisted notetaking
Highlighted key facts
Verbal and written prompts
Color coded flashcards
Extra Time
Reduced assignments