BIOME+PROJECT


 * BIOME PROJECT **


 * BIOME PROJECT **

__**Objective**__: Each student will be responsible for researching information about one of the major biomes of the world. Students will demonstrate their understanding of biomes by posting facts, information, and pictures about the biomes on a wiki page. After the wiki pages have been completed students will responsible for making a prezi about a specific biome.


 * __Materials/Resources__**: Laptop, databases: World book, Gale, prezi

__BIOMES PAGES__: Tropical Rain Forest, Tropical Dry Forest, Temperate grassland, Temperate Forest, Tundra, Desert, Northwestern Coniferous forest (Taiga), Tropical savanna(grassland), Chaparral (Mediterranean shrubland)

__**Procedures:**__ Day 1-2: Students will begin researching information about the biomes and posting on the wiki pages. Each student must make 10 postings about facts or information and 4 images on the assigned Biome page. Postings can be in any of the categories for the biome page, but students need to vary their postings by categories. Students are required to use the databases on the school website; Grolier, World book, Gale, etc.

Day 3-4: Each student and their partner will begin working on their prezi presentation for their assigned biome. The prezi must contain a written description of the biome, location (written and a map) of the biome, list of animals/consumers living in the biome, list of plants/producers living in the biome, average temperature range of the biome, annual precipitation for the biome, pictures/diagrams about the biome. A link to a video about your biome must be included on your prezi. A link to your prezi must be included on the biome's wiki page (include your name with the link).

Day 5: Each group will present their prezi to the class.

__**Assessment:**__


 * Example of student project: student example**__