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Climatographs

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this climatographs worksheet, learners are given 3 sets of data of the rainfall and temperature for 3 different biomes. Students identify the types of biome for each and answer questions about each. They make 2 graphs to compare the...
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Meteors and Meteorites

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create Earth boxes containing some of Earth's biomes--desert, forest, tundra, ocean, and mountains. They simulate Earth's encounter with a comet trail and the resulting meteor shower. They present their Earth boxes to...
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Protecting Holy Cows

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars study the interrelationships of organisms and their environments. They study ecological communities and determine what is necessary for survival. Students discuss and answer questions concerning a group's biome, habitat,...
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Elements of Biology: Biomes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the different types of biomes. In this biology lesson, students create a map of assigned biome with descriptive paragraphs. They share their findings to class.
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Biomes

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use the Internet to research biomes and how animals adapt. They describe habitat's features and factors that are unique to the biome they are researching. They also participate in activities.
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Biomes: The Threat of the Sea

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create posters to raise awareness about Global Warming as an immediate threat.  In this environmental lesson, students respond to the video Biomes: The Threat of the Sea by researching global warming and making posters to...
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Guetemala's Changing Forest

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compare their local ecological zone to the tropical rainforest. In this natural ecology instructional activity, 8th graders complete an activity about the differences in ecological zones. They compare their biome to the...
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Sunken Lesson: Animal Adaptation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
This animal adaptation PowerPoint provides definitions and photographs of vocabulary related to how the animals that live in particular biomes protect themselves. It also explains the cause/effect relationship between the inability of...
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Ecology

For Teachers 2nd
Explore the rainforest with this fact building PowerPoint. With 11 slides filled with biome images, this would work well with a lecture about the different types of ecosystems. Pictures of the desert, rain forest, and forest are identified.
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Biomes/ecosystems

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine ecosystems through a variety of activities including an Internet hunt, work at centers, and building a diorama on a specific habitat.
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A Biome to Call Home

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research, present, and compare information about the features of seven biomes that exist in the U.S. They view and discuss the images on the Arkansas state quarter, conduct research on the biomes, and create a poster of the...
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BIOME VIDEO Exchange Project

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students videotape information about the biome in which they live without naming it and send this to other students across the nation so they can guess which biome it comes from. Students include local ecosystems, information concerning...
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Introduction to Biomes

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify the different kinds of biomes. In this life science lesson, 8th graders explain their importance in an ecosystem. They take a BrainPop quiz at the end of the lesson..
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Biomes- Culminating Slideshow

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the concept of differentiation of biomes. They select one biome and conduct research to obtain information. In particular, 3rd graders demonstrate how to find a biome on a map. The information is used to create...
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Biome EcoWatch Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students work together to complete the Biome EcoWatch project. Using the Internet, they research the relationship between abiotic factors and living organisms within a biome. They create a multimedia presentation to share their...
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Home on the Biome

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study six major biomes, graph temperature and rainfall, and present their findings to the class.
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Biome Exchange: Send the Stuff Not The Kids

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils exchange information with students from various geographic biomes. They explore the unique ecologically significant features of the biomes and share with other pupils.
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Animals of the Arctic

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research an Arctic animal. They survey the questions in the Animal Report in order to conduct their research. They investigate their chosen animal by using the Internet, library books and reference books.
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Grades 6-8 Ecology

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Why are our national parks important? Scholars research the national parks and explore the basic ecology of these areas in a differentiated instruction unit on ecology. They learn about ecosystems, food chains, symbiosis, and biomes. The...
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Minnesota’s Forests

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The forests of Minnesota provide middle schoolers with an integrated learning opportunity. They examine the three biomes and their histories, conduct experiments, read stories, and draw pictures. A lovely lesson about trees.
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Build an Ice Cap

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research Earth science by conducting an experiment in class. In this ice-cap lesson, students identify what an ice cap is and create a biome using a box which measures 1 ft. x 1 ft. Students participate in an animal role-playing...
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Biomes: Islands and Evolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover how islands form, how plant and animal species get there and what the term means.  For this biomes lesson students prepare a presentation that describes the life forms and geography of an island. 
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Diversity Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in teams to characterize their biomes and compare them to the biomes of the rest of the class. In this biomes lesson plan, students complete a bean activity, relate it to the diversity in biomes, and then research and...
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A Trip Around the World

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students role play the role of a travel agent. In groups, they must plan a trip around the world making stops in a different biome. They use the internet to discover the characteristics of each biome and create a travel brochure for...

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