3rd Grade Ecosystem Poster Project
Pathfinder
Your teacher has assigned you to create a poster of an ecosystem! This
pathfinder was create to help you find research needed to complete this
project
project☺--Let’s get started!
Choose one of the following ecosystems!
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
observatory.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
vatory.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 ecosystem
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