Biomes of the world
The part of Earth that support life is the biosphere. The biosphere includes the top portion of
Earth’s crust, all the waters that cover earth’s surface, and the atmosphere that surrounds
Earth.
The biosphere is made up of different environments that are home to different kinds of
organisms. These environments are called biomes. Examples of biomes are the desert, the
coral reef or the arctic. These biomes are rich in resources such as minerals, medicinal plants,
oil etc. and science has helped discover these resources. On the other hand, humans are
affecting biomes by different human activities, such a destroying habitats, pollution by building
factories, mining for gold and other minerals and drilling for gas and oil.
Your task is to investigate a biome and its resources and show what human activities are doing
to that biome.
Your presentation should not exceed 5 minutes !
In this assignment you will investigate a biome and use the resources in the library or internet
to find facts about your biome.
MAKE A POWER POINT PRESENTATION OF ABOUT 10 -15 SLIDES
Your main goal is to show that science has helped to discover resources in your
Biome that we can use. Also to show human activities that are affecting your
biome, why they are happening and how this affects the environment, economics
(money) and society.
The slides you should have should follow the schedule below.
1. A picture of your biome and a map of the world which shows where your biome is
located.
2. Describe the 3 animals and 3 plants that live there and briefly describe how they are
adapted to live there.
3. State the important abiotic factors (e.g. average temperature, rainfall, etc.) that affect the
animals and plants in your biome
4. State the resources like minerals, oil and medicinal plants that may be found there.
5. How has science helped to discover the resources that we can use.
6. Describe a few human activities that affect your biome. (In relation to use of resources).
Why are they being done?
7. How has use of natural resources affected the environment, economics (money) or
society
8. At the bottom of each slide you need to put where your pictures or ideas for your text
came from, who the author was and the day you recorded the information. If it is a
book you need the author, publisher and date of publication.
9. You will be graded on the use of your own words, how well present information and
how well you put in your own thoughts and ideas.
Resources:
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/biomes/biomes.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/index.php
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
www.Brainpop.com
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/
http://animal.discovery.com/guides/mammals/habitat/map.html
Biome
Tundra
Boreal forest (Taiga)
Deciduous forest
Temperate rainforest
Tropical rainforest
Chaparral (scrub forest)
Temperate Grasslands
(Prairies)
Savanna (Tropical
Grasslands)
Desert
Coral reefs
Lakes and Rivers
Biomes Project Research Notes—6th Grade Science
Idea, Information or Picture
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The taiga is the biome of the needle leaf forest.
Living in the taiga is cold and lonely and sometime
the coldness makes things difficult mostly in winter.
Some animals in taiga hibernate in winter and some
fly south and some of them just cooperates with the
environment.
Source and Date of
Access
http://www.blueplanetbi
omes.org/taiga.htm
Date: Monday January
16 2012.
The American Black Bear, like most bears, lack the distinctive shoulder hump that the Grizzly Bear
has. This bear can run up to 25 miles per hour, which is very quick for its 220-594 pound
body.
http://www.blueplanetbi
Their feet relate to humans, because they touch the ground in a "heel, toe, heel, toe, etc." pattern.
omes.org/taiga_animal_
They have rounded ears, a short stubby tail, and short claws that are useful in climbing
trees. The
page.htm
American Black Bear is usually black but can have phases of brown,
cinnamon, beige and even a bluish- white. The length of this bear's body is usually
5-6 feet from nose to tail and 32-38 inches from paw to the top of its shoulder. They
live in most of North America.
Date: Monday January
16 2012.
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This Bald eagle is the national bird in the US.
This bird has a white strong head and he weight eight to twelve
pounds.
The Bald eagle has a strong curved beak and it is large.
This kind of bird prefers to eat dead animals but it will also eat live
chicken and live fishes.
"Taiga Animals." Blue
Planet Biomes. Web. 17
Jan. 2012.
<http://www.blueplane
tbiomes.org/taiga_anim
al_page.htm>.
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Winter's LOWEST temperature in taiga is -65°F.
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Winter's HIGHEST temperature is 30° F.
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Summer's LOWEST temperature is 30° F.
Summer's HIGHEST temperature is 70° F.
"Taiga
Climate." Blue
Planet Biomes.
Web. 19 Jan.
2012.
<http://www.
blueplanetbio
mes.org/taiga
_climate_page
.htm>.
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The Black Spruce is a tall tree and it can grow to be twentyfive meters tall. It grows in the taiga biome, as the tree gets
older the crown of the tree gets more and more like a spike.
The Black Spruce has pinecones. The pinecones are black
and the seeds are usually a purplish-brown.
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"Taiga Plants." Blue
Planet Biomes. Web. 19
Jan. 2012.
<http://www.blueplanetbio
mes.org/taiga_plant_page.
htm>.
Bibliography Pro Forma and Example Bibliography and
Annotation
Example Annotation at the Bottom of Slide:
(Freudenrich, 2010)
Example Bibliography Entry (from http://citationmachine.net/)
Bibliography
1. Freudenrich, Craig. "How Light Microscopes Work." Howstuffworks.com. 2010.
HowStuffWorks, Inc, Web. 27 Jan 2010. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/lightmicroscope6.htm>.
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"Taiga Biomes." Blue Planet Biomes. Web. 16 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga.htm>.
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"Taiga Animals." Blue Planet Biomes. Web. 17 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga_animal_page.htm>.
3 "Taiga Animals." Blue Planet Biomes. Web. 17 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/taiga_animal_page.htm>.
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