BIOME PROJECT SCIENCE 8
Ms Ainsworth
The Earth has many different environments, varying in temperature,
moisture, light, and many other factors. Each of these habitats has distinct
life forms living in it, forming complex communities of interdependent
organisms. A complex community of plants and animals in a region and a
climate is called a biome.
Some of the biomes on Earth include:
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Desert - very dry, either hot or cold
Tundra - cool, treeless, and dry
Chaparral or scrub - coastal area with hot, dry summers and mild, cool, rainy
winters
Taiga or Coniferous Forest - cool and dry, with coniferous trees
Temperate Deciduous Forest - cool and rainy, with deciduous trees
Grassland - Windy, partly dry sea of grass with few trees, including tropical
savanna, prairie, steppe, pampas, etc.
Mountain biomes: there are a lot of different biomes that exist on a
mountains, from grasslands at low altitudes, taiga (coniferous forests) below
the treeline, and alpine (the same as tundra)
Temperate Rain Forest - cool and wet
Tropical Rain Forest - warm and very wet
Land Caves - cool and dark
Wetlands - there are many types of wetlands, including swamps, marshes,
moors, bogs, fens, sloughs, etc.
Freshwater Marsh - a wetland located near creeks, streams, rivers and lakes
Temperate ponds
Marine (ocean or sea) - coral reef (warm shallow salt-water environments
based on coral formation), pelagic biomes (open seas near the surface),
littoral or intertidal zones, estuarine biomes (where rivers meet oceans),
etc.
Sea Caves.
Biome Project
Your project must include text and pictures. (cut and pasted pictures must
have a cited source). Your poster must include the following:
 Biome name
 Labeled map illustrating biome location(s) around the world
 Climate
 Ecological concerns
 Conservation efforts
 Animals
 Plants
 Your perspective
1. You may work with a partner (your work will need to be twice as good!).
2. Each partnership will do a different Biome; so confirm your choice with
Ms Ainsworth before you begin.
3. You will need to do the computer part of your research outside of
classroom time, as computer space is limited. You will have access to written
materials from the library.
4. You must have a group poster and each person in the group must hand in a
package of written material. Your package must include…
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These instruction sheets (x4)
Your research notes and keyword notes
Your completed self/peer evaluation sheet
A formal bibliography
YOUR PROJECT IS DUE ON MONDAY MAY 17TH.
BIOME PROJECT – SCIENCE 8 – MS AINSWORTH
Self/Peer Evaluation
Name/s of group members _____________________________________
Title of your Project ________________________________________
How did your group work together? _______________________________________
What part of the assignment were you responsible for? ___________________
Did all of the group members work equally on the assignments? ________
What was the best part of this assignment? ______________________________
What was your least favourite part of this assignment? __________________
SITES TO LOOK AT
This school site has each of the biomes listed so that you can
link to them directly…
http://sd71.bc.ca/sd71/school/courtmid/Library/index.htm
You can also look in…
www.enchantedlearning.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gcsebitesize
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
http://www.worldbiomes.com/
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
If you need help with your bibliography go to….
http://www.landmarkproject.com/citation_machine/index.php?mode=form&list=nonprint&cm
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CMS Note-Taking Form
Name:
Division:
IMPORTANT: While reading the resource, you will not be taking notes…you will be
writing keywords and copying a few important quotations. Directly after reading a
section of the resource and writing keywords, you may then use the keywords to write
paragraphs (without looking back at the original resource).
Quotations:
Be sure to include the
page number. (p. 43)
Resource information (in one of the formats below):
Keywords
Book:
Author last name, First name or initial. (date of publication). Title of publicatio
Location of Publication: Publisher.
Web resource:
Author last name, First name or initial. (date of publication). Title of publicatio
or Web site. Location of Publication: Publisher. [Online] Available: http://….
(Visited on October…)
Your Paragraphs