Biome Travel Brochure
Directions: You and a partner will become experts on a particular biome. You
will learn about your biome from your text and the following website, and then
design a brochure to encourage your peers into visiting the area. Please be sure
it has at least three columns per side, you can decide how to divide it. There are
templates on word and in publisher to help you.
1. You should learn about the biome from your text and may also consult other
educational websites (be sure to keep track of and cite your sources!) A good
starting point is: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
2. Design a brochure (which will be copied for your peers) tonight as homework
(you and your partner can decide how to divide the brochure or can choose to
do it together.) The point of the brochure is to encourage them to visit while
informing them about the ecosystem. The brochure may be typed or neatly
written by hand, and must meet the following requirements:
 A slogan.
 A description of the biome which should minimally include:
1. Abiotic (nonliving) factors such as: Oxygen availability, salinity,
sunlight, rocks and soil, climate including average temperature and
rainfall (or water availability), location on earth (including elevation if
possible.)
2. Biotic (living) factors such as: Include a food web to show the Trophic
Structure of this biome.
3. Unique features of that biome
 A description of activities you can do in the biome (skiing, snorkeling, etc.)
 A map that shows what parts of the world that the biome may be found
in (you can print this out from the website and cut and paste it onto your
brochure.)
 Four pictures total: At least two pictures (either neatly done by hand or
printed from a computer) of flora (plants) and two pictures of fauna
(animals) which may be found in the area.
Use your creative juices and make this fun! Points will be awarded for both
accuracy and creativity. After you finish the brochure and hand it in, you will
present this biome to your classmates.
Biome choices:
Rainforest*
Temperate Forest*
Boreal or Coniferous Forest*
Tundra*
Desert*
Grassland*
Chaparral
Savanna
Lakes*
Wetlands
Streams and Rivers
Estuaries*
Intertidal Zones
Oceanic Pelagic Zone
Coral Reefs*
Marine Benthic Zone*