“We will conserve only that which we
love.
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We will love only that which we
understand.
We will understand only that which we
are taught.
Baba Dioum
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An Eco-Quest
By Ms. Ogden
Deciduous
Forest
Forests
Biomes
Deciduous
Earth Floor
Blue Planet
World Biomes
Forest
If you liked learning about this
biome, you might enjoy reading
My Side of the Mountain or
Frightful’s Mountain by Jean
Craighead George for more fun.
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Tundra
Tundra's
Tundra
Earth Floor
Blue Planet
World Biomes
If you liked learning about this
biome, you might like reading Julie
of the Wolves, Julie, or Julie’s Wolf
Pack by Jean Craighead George for
more fun.
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Introduction
By the time you read this
149 acres of the rainforest
will be destroyed.
Grasslands will be burned
forcing their inhabitants onto
the endangered list. By the
end of this hour 6 species
will have become extinct,
gone forever!
UNLESS
“Unless someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get
better. It’s not!”
The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss
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This Webquest was created for a sixth grade
study of world biomes with a focus on the
interdependent, interactive relationships between
the biotic and abiotic elements that comprise a
biome.
Please feel free to contact me at
j1ogden@yahoo.com
If you plan for a year,
Plant rice.
If you plan for ten years,
Plant a tree.
If you plan for a hundred years,
Educate children.
Chinese Proverb
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TASK
You will be joining a research team in a
virtual expedition around the world. You
will explore each biome to discover how
the abiotic factors influence the life forms
that live there and the inter-relationships
that create the delicate balance found in
an ecosystem.
You will also study the adaptations
that enable organisms to be
successful in their respective
biomes.
As you travel through each biome
you will keep a journal of your
discoveries so that upon your return
you can teach others to understand
nature and love it as you do.
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PROCESS
Each research team will have a zoologist, a botanist and
a research manager. Conservation missions are always
short of money so you must switch roles on each trip.
The field research manager is responsible for
determining the abiotic elements that define the region,
They must also determine the impact that humans have
had on the area.
The botanist will identify at least two kinds of plants and
discuss what characteristics help in it’s success. They
will determine how their plants interact in that specific
biome.
The zoologist will describe at least two animals that live
in that biome. They must determine what adaptations
help this animal to be successful and how these animals
interact in their biome.
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As you complete your travel through each biome you must compile
your journal entries into a research paper explaining the interactions
of that biome. Use what you have learned in class to develop that
understanding and to support your explanation. Your paper must be
detailed enough to allow the reader to develop an understanding of
the complex inter-relationships that compose an ecosystem so that
they also may be able to develop the understanding needed for them
to love nature and join you in your mission to conserve.
Ready to travel?
Click on the globe.
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CONCLUSION
"Man did not weave the web of life - he
is merely a strand in it.
Whatever he does to the web, he does to
himself."
Chief Seattle, 1854.
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TROPICAL RAINFOREST
TROPICAL GRASSLAND
Pick a
biome
and click
on it.
TEMPERATE GRASSLAND
DECIDUOUS FOREST
DESERT
TAIGA
TUNDRA
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Desert
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Desert
Earth Floor
Blue Planet
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Biome
If you liked learning about this
biome you might enjoy reading One
Day in the Desert by Jean
Craighead George.
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Tropical Grasslands
World Biomes
Blue Planet
Grasslands
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Savanna
If you liked learning about this
biome you might enjoy reading The
Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo or
Tree Castle Island by Jean
Craighead George.
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Taiga
Biomes
Taiga
Earth Floor
World Biomes
Blue Planet
If you liked learning about
this biome you might enjoy
reading The Fire Bug
Connection by Jean
Craighead George or Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen.
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Temperate Grasslands
Biomes
World Biomes
Grasslands
Blue Planet
If you liked learning about this
biome you might enjoy reading
One Day on the Prairie by Jean
Craighead George.
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Graphics
http://www.smokiesstore.org/prodimg/650180.jpg
http://www.uncw.edu/smec/gk_fellows/images/ask/zoologist.jpg
http://www.bartramsgarden.org/images/history/botanist_pyle.gif
http://www.animationfactory.com/brain/search.cgi?a=s&area=all&ter
m=botanist
Pictures by Ms. Ogden and Mr. Tucker
Hyperlinks
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
http://www.worldbiomes.com/
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
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Classroom Resources
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Science, Ref. 503 MAC
The New Book of Popular Science, Ref. 500 CAS
Encyclopedia of Science, UXL volumes 1-9
Science Fact Finder, UXL 3 volumes
Encyclopedia of Biomes, UXL volumes 1-3
The Facts on File, Dictionary of Ecology, Jill Bailey FAC 557
The Encyclopedia of Animals, Grolier
Life in a Deciduous Forest, MAC 577.3
Biomes and Habitats, Philip Whitfield WHI 577.8
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Ocean, April Pulley Sayre SAY 551.46
Lake and Pond, SAY 577.63
Coral Reef, SAY 574.9
River and Stream, SAY 577.6
Grassland, SAY 574.5
Seashore, SAY 577.63
Wetland, SAY 577.68
Taiga, SAY 574.5
Desert, SAY 572.54
Tundra, SAY 574.5
Temperate Deciduous Forest, SAY 574.5
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Rainforest
World Biomes
Blue Planet
Rainforest
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Tropical
Evergreen
Forest
If you enjoyed learning about
this biome you might enjoy One
Day in the Rainforest by Jean
.
Craighead George for more fun
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Aquatic
Biomes
World Biomes
Aquatic
If you enjoyed learning about this biome
you might enjoy reading Shark beneath the
Reef by Jean Craighead George or
Swimming with Sharks by Twig George.
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