Biome Project – Teacher Notes
This project could be presented by students in any of several ways:
 Paper
 Mobile
 PowerPoint presentation
 Cube (each side with different info)
 Poster
 Etc.
 Skit
Determine ahead of time what you will have your students do and have appropriate supplies ready.
Projects can be individual or small groups
Make sure students have research materials available – textbook, library books, and/or computer
internet sites
If students present projects to the rest of the class, make sure students who are watching the
presentations are involved in some way such as:
 Taking notes (EX: Biomes of the World Content Frame – in Explain section of Curr. Doc.)
 Filing in cards or slips to provide feedback such as: 2 great things about this project…, 1 thing
that could be improved…
Biome Project
Populations of plants and animals grow, remain stable, or vanish, depending in part on climate
conditions such as temperature and rainfall. These conditions also affect the structure of food webs
and the flow of nutrients. An environment is a combination of physical and biological factors that
influence life. Physical environmental factors, called abiotic factors, are the area’s climate, the type of
soil and its acidity, and the availability of nutrients. Biological environmental factors, called biotic
factors, include all the living things with which an organism might interact.
In the natural world, a combination of biotic and abiotic factors is called an ecosystem. An ecosystem
is a collection of organisms – producers, consumers, and decomposers-interacting with each other and
with their physical environment. Ecosystems identified by their climax communities are called
biomes. Listed below are the Earth’s 6 major terrestrial and 4 major aquatic biomes.
Terrestrial biomes
 tundra
 tropical rain forest
 desert
 grassland
 temperate deciduous forest
 taiga
Aquatic biomes
 open water
 fresh water
 estuaries
 rocky intertidal
For your project you will need to select one of the biomes to research. Find the following information:
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a drawing or picture of the biome
a list or description of the vegetation found there, include at least 2 drawings or pictures
a list of generic plant adaptations
.a list or description of the animals found there, include at least 2 drawings or pictures
a list of generic animal adaptations
the annual precipitation and average temperature (graph of this is best)
a map of the world and/or the U.S. with biome identified
Rubric:
Points possible
a drawing or picture of the biome
a list or description of the vegetation found there
at least 2 drawings or pictures of vegetation in biome
a list of generic plant adaptations in biome
a list or description of the animals found in biome
at least 2 drawings or pictures of animals found in biome
a list of generic animal adaptations in biome
the annual precipitation and average temperature of biome
a map of the world and/or the U.S. with biome identified
Overall neatness and effort
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Points received