Biomes
Web Quest

Part 1.  Using the research connections listed below, develop a definition of the word biome.  Write the definition on the student answer sheet.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/

http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/introbiomes.html

Part 2.  Using the research connections listed below, identify the characteristics of the biomes listed and place the information in your data table that is found on the student answer sheet.

The following characteristics should be included for each biome:  the approximate latitude, annual precipitation, average annual temperature, plants (and their adaptations) and animals (and their adaptations) that live in each biome and one additional piece of pertinent information.

The biomes to be included are:

     --tropical rainforest
     --temperate rainforests/deciduous forests
     --desert
     --tundra
     --coniferous forests/taiga
     --savanna/grasslands

Research Connections:

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webunits/biomes/taiga.html

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webunits/biomes/grass.html

http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webunits/biomes/temp.html

http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/where.html

http://www.nps.gov/moja/mojadewd.htm

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/index.htm

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/tundra/index.htm

Extra Information:    Click HERE for "Biomes of the World"

Part 3.  On two separate sheets of copy paper, make a sketch of two of the biomes.  Your sketch should depict plants found in the biome as well as the animals and typical terrain.

When you have completed your project, you should print out your student page and turn it in with your two sketches stapled to it.