Introduction to the Biomes

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What is a Biome?: A biome is a community of plants and animals inhabiting a large geographical area having a particular climate and soil. The plants and animals making up that biome have special adaptations that allow them to thrive there.
What are the elements of a biome?: The elements of a biome include the water, the soil, the air, the flora, the fauna, and the transfer of energy.
Describe the water cycle.: Water evaporates from the heat of the sun. The water turns into water vapor and rises to form clouds. It, then, condenses and falls back to the earth as rain or snow.
Why is soil important?: Soil is necessary for life on this planet. Plants need the soil for the minerals it provides. The surface of the earth is covered in land which is made of soil and rocks and, also, water.
Where does soil originate?: Soil comes from the weathering of rocks (inorganic material) and the decomposition of living things (organic material). Soil also consists of water, air, and fauna.
What is flora?: The plants of a biome are called the flora.
What is fauna?: The animals of a biome are called the fauna.
Research to find another example for a specific category (i.e. a reptile in the desert) and make additional cards.: No Answer
Research to find the natural colors of the animal and color a copy of the illustration included in the teacher's masters for each continent study.: No Answer
Make a book of the colored illustrations with a fact sheet or research for each plant or animal.: No Answer
Find the appropriate biome and categgory for any animal found in the continent being studied.: No Answer
Find and cut out magazine pictures of a particular biome as it is found on the continent.: No Answer
Make a life-size drawing of a plant or animal chosen.: No Answer
Make a chart to illustrate the layout used.: No Answer.
Use the cards within a biome of a continent to construct a plausible food chain.: No Answer
Research to discover the names and features of specific regions that fall within the category of the biome of the continent (i.e. the Sahara and Kalahari Desert of Africa). More extensive research might involve finding common or comparative species in ea: No Answer
Make a biome map of the continent with a color-coded key.: No Answer
Use information gathered about animals in the biome to tell a story about a day in the biome and what happened. Students can take different parts of animals and act out the story. Include relationships of animals to one another - how they would react if: No Answer
L 3 Research a country or region of a continent to find all the biomes found within its boundaries and examples of the plant and animal life found there.: No Answer
L 3 Discuss the effects of water on plants and animals found in different biomes.: No Answer
L3 Discuss the effects of temperature on plants and animals found in different biomes.: No Answer
L3 Convert the measurements of the size of a plant or animal from feet and inches to meters and centimeters.: No Answer
L3 Arrange animals or plants from the smallest to largest.: No Answer
L3 Take the label cards and sort them into those with adjectives in the name and those with only a noun in the name. Sort the labels with adjectives into those capitalized and those not capitalized. Discuss the difference between proper and common n: No Answer
L3 Identify animals that are endangered. Choose one and create a publicity campaign to save them.: No Answer
L3 Classify the animals according to diet: herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores.: No Answer
L3 Classify the animals according to activity and sleep patterns: nocturnal or diurnal.: No Answer
Create an imaginary animal with characteristics that help the animal adapt to the biome it lives in. Include the name, size, diet, sleeping habits, and means of reproduction. Create drawings and definition and label cards for the imaginary animal. Place: No Answer
L3 Create charts and graphs to show rainfall and / or average temperature during different seasons of a particular biome.: No Answer
L4 Research to find other examples of culture for the group of people presented.: No Answer
L4 Find a magazine article on the group of people presented and cut out pictures to illustrate as many of the needs as can be found.: No Answer
L4 Find a book or article on another group of people found in the biome of the continent presented.Make cards to illustrate each basic need and describe how it is fulfilled.: No Answer
L4 Compare the plant and animal cards of the biome with the people cards. Notice any correlations or interdependence. Research plants or animals that are known to havge a relationship to the lives of a people living in the same area.: No Answer
L4 Write a story about a day in the life of a boy or girl in a village or city presented.: No Answer
L4 Make a model of the shelter used by the people.: No Answer
L6 Compare nomadic cultures to more sedentary ones. How do their ways of fulfilling their needs compare?: No Answer
L6 Research a country or region of a continent to find all the biomes found within its boundaries and the cultures of people found there.: No Answer
L6 Research to find the ways that modern outside influences are affecting the lives of certain indigenous people. How have they changed and how have they sated the same?: No Answer
L6 Organize the different people from the most adapted to their natural environment (most "primitive") to the most dependent on outside resources (most "sophisticated").: No Answer
Discuss the effects of water on the life style of different peoples.: No Answer
L6 Discuss the effects of temperature on the life style of different peoples.: No Answer
L6 Create an imaginary village with a lifestyle that keeps the people in harmony with the biome where it is found. Make cards to illustrate the people, their food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and culture.: No Answer

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