Biome Ecotour Presentations
The Set-Up:
Recently, you and your business associates banded together to form an ecotourism company. Your
mission? To take people to ecologically interesting places all over the world. Ideally, your
customers will learn a lot, have fun, and impact the environment as little as possible. In just a few
short weeks, you are going to be presenting your first tour to a group of potential customers.
Through a presentation and an informational brochure you and your group will be giving vital
information about a specific biome so that your customers will want to join you on your first
ecotour.
The Requirements:
 Research
Research the following information for your biome:
--Location around the world (maps are good!)
--Climate (be specific!)
--Typical plant life (include a minimum of three examples)
--Plant adaptations to the biome
--Typical animal life (include a minimum of three examples)
--Animal adaptations to the biome
--Is your biome divided at all? Are there varieties of your biome? Explain.
--Alternative names for your biome (if any)
--One food web or three food chains that would be found within your biome
--Anything else that is special about your biome
The topics listed here are a minimum; you should have lots of “extras” too!
 Reference List
--You should have a minimum of 6 sources.
--At least two of the sources have to be paper (books, journals, magazines etc.)
--Your textbook may be used as a source, but it does not count as one of the two
mentioned above
--Use correct APA or MLA format.
 Presentation
Power Point & Oral Presentation
--minimum 16 slides
--pictures or other graphics on 80% of your slides
--follow the “7 by 7” rule
--have at least one hyperlink that adds to the presentation
--must include effects and transitions that add to the presentation
--each member of the group must participate in the presentation
 Brochure
Make a brochure to help “sell” your destination
--should cover both sides of one 8 ½” x 11” piece of paper
--Either a bifold or trifold format should be used
--should include color pictures of your biome and text information about your biome
***Brochures are due no later than 2:15 P.M. Monday, November 1, 2010***
The Evaluation:
--Your project will be evaluated on the following criteria:
Do you have an effective visual and oral presentation?
Have you presented all the information required?
Did you meet all the requirements of the project?
Have you thoroughly covered the biome assigned?
--Point assignments:
Power point—30 points
Oral presentation—50 points
Brochure—10 points
Reference list—10 points
TOTAL—100 points
Important Dates:
--Due date: Monday, November 1, 2010. All groups will turn in their reference lists and
should be ready to present that day. The presentations will take at least 3-4 days to
complete.
--You will have the following days in class (media center) to work on the project:
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Any project not turned in correctly to the Z: / drive prior to presentation day/bell will be
considered LATE, and receive a 20% deduction on the PowerPoint part of the grade for the
assignment. No exceptions!
The Catch:
This is not a typical oral presentation. It is truly a “sales pitch” for an ecotour to your biome. In
other words, you are going to be trying to “sell” the tour to your biome to your customers (your
classmates). At the end of the presentations, the number of ecotours you sell (votes you get) may
earn you extra points! Be creative, but still make sure you present all the required information. You
may want to check the internet for real ecotours to give you ideas. However, you may not copy one
of these tours. Your tour must be original.
Reminders:
*A Power Point is a visual presentation. Avoid slides with large amounts of text!
*PLEASE do not just stand up there and read your slides—we can read!
*Use your slides and notes as cues and TELL us about your information.
*Create a sales pitch that you would want to hear, and not one that would put you to sleep!
*Costumes and other props are fine as long as they do not take away from the presentation itself.
Notes:
Freshwater
Marine
Desert (not the cold desert)
Tropical Rainforest
Northwestern Coniferous Forest
Temperate Forest
Boreal Forest
Tropical Savanna
Temperate Grassland
Tundra
Freshwater
Marine
Desert (not the cold desert)
Tropical Rainforest
Northwestern Coniferous Forest
Temperate Forest
Boreal Forest
Tropical Savanna
Temperate Grassland
Tundra