Ecosystem Poster Project
Your project is to create a poster of an ecosystem! Your poster should contain
the following:
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Describe the characteristics of this ecosystem. What does this
ecosystem look like? What is the temperature during different seasons?
What is the climate? What types of plant and animals would you find?
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Where is this ecosystem located? What are some interesting facts about
this ecosystem? Why would you or other people want to visit this specific
ecosystem?
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Choose 1 real animal to write about. What does it look like? What does it
eat? Is it a carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore? What type of adaptations
does it have to survive in this ecosystem?
Choose one of the following
Coniferous Forest
1. Animals that live in the ecosystem
http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/terres/coniferous/animals.htm
2. Plants that live in the ecosystem
http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/terres/coniferous/plants.htm
3. Average yearly temperature
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/bioconiferous.php
4. Description of the land
http://www.inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/terres/coniferous/c_forest.htm
Deciduous Forest
1. Animals that live in the ecosystem
http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/terres/d_forest/animals.htm
2. Plants that live in the ecosystem
http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/terres/d_forest/plants.htm
3. Average yearly temperature
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/biotemperate.php
4. Description of the land
http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/terres/d_forest/td_forest.htm
Tropical Forest
1. Animals that live in the
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/index.htm
2. Plants that live in the ecosystem
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/tundra/index.htm
3. Average yearly temperature
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/biorainforest.php
4. Description of the land
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/rforest/index.htm
Tundra
1. Animals that live in the ecosystem
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/tundra/index.htm
2. Plants that live in the ecosystem
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/tundra/index.htm
3. Average yearly temperature
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/biotundra.php
4. Description of the land
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/tundra/index.htm
Desert
1. Animals that live in the ecosystem
http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/terres/desert/animals.htm
2. Plants that live in the ecosystem
http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/terres/desert/plants.htm
3. Average yearly temperature
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/biodesert.php
4. Description of the land
http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/terres/desert/desert.htm
Ocean
1. Animals that live in the ecosystem
http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/biomes/oanimals.html
2. Plants that live in the ecosystem
http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/biomes/oplants.html
3. Average yearly temperature
http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/biomes/oclimate.html
4. Description of an ocean
http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/oceans/index.htm
http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webunits/biomes/oceans.html
Wetland
1. Animals that live in the ecosystem
http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/fr_water/wetlands/animals.htm
2. Plants that live in the ecosystem
http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/fr_water/wetlands/plants.htm
3. Average yearly temperature
http://www.galeschools.com/environment/biomes/wetland/climate.htm
4. Description of the land
http://inchinapinch.com/hab_pgs/fr_water/wetlands/wetlnds.htm
Grassland
1. Animals that live in the ecosystem
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm
2. Plants that live in the ecosystem
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm
3. Average yearly temperature
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/biograssland.php
4. Description of the land
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm