Biome Project

The biomes are as follows:

1. Pacific Rain Forest: British Columbia coast
2. Wetlands: Hudson Bay region or South Florida
3. Grasslands: Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba
4. Desert: American southwest
5. Tiaga: Coniferous Boreal Forest
6. Temperate Deciduous Forest
7. Tundra: The Artic Region of Canada
8. Alpine regions: Rocky mountains
9. Chaparal Mediteranian: south part of Calafornia, costal regions
10. Aquatic Marine either east coast or west coast of Canada

Each individual should contibute to the overall development , data collection and presentation (both verbal & visual display).
Power Point is NOT advised.

General Outline: Division of Tasks

1. Your project and presentation should start with an introduction which should include a brief description as to what you will be writing/talking about. Include a map of your biome so that the reader/listeners know where the biome is.

2. Climate that encompasses your biome. Weather trends and patterns and how it dicatates the life forms found in the biome, Indicate the temperature ranges and rainfall and/or snowfall.

3. Find a make a list of as many animals, fish, birds, reptiles etc. that you would find in your biome. Make sure you have herbivores and carnivores.
   Create a food web of your selections.

4. Main types of vegetation (flora) found in your biome. Make sure you give specific names. For example don't say tree when you actually mean a maple tree

5. Types of soil in this biome

6. A discussion of the indigenous peoples of the biome, who they are, tribal names and how they survived in the biome.

7. Mankinds influence ==> how people have changed the biome
   What destructive asspects have been introduced? What steps are being taken to protect and mend your biome?
   How mankind has caused extinction, endangerment etc. for species in your biome. List any extinct species that once were prevalent.
   Pollutions and human settlement, development in the biome; comment.

8. Future of the area; is it healthy or headed for a biological disaster?
   This should lead into your concluding statements or wrap-up.

To help you get started here are links, pages that you can go to

1. Intoduction to Biomes
2. Canadian Ecozones

Presentation Board

1. A picture of each of your animals which leads to
2. A food web
3. A map with biome shaded in
4. Indicate the indigenous peoples that lived in your biome, pictures and living areas.

Assessment

• Make sure you get the two evaluation rubrics: one for the presentation and one for the written work. Rubrics are provide on the rubric page.
• Knowledge and Understanding:
  how extensive your information is and how well you can explain yourself both on the presentation board and in group conferencing
• Inquiry:
  did you collect enough resources to cover all the topics adequately?
• Communication:
  grammar, spelling
  use of ecological terms in the correct context
  visual appeal of your presentation board
• Student/teacher conferencing
• When computer room time is book are you on task? or visiting other web sites that you shouldn't? This reseach time will be marked as an INQUIRY activity, so don't throw away simple, easy marks. If you are finished looking up material, then start assembling the collected data.
• Meeting of assigned dates for competion of specific aspects of the overall project.