Biomes

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= = =**Biomes **= The following document includes the writing prompts that we created at the summer writing workshop for the Biomes unit. This includes quick writes and longer projects.

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Create Your Own Biome Project:(Haufe) Rubric Research Guide: Template to type on: Unfinished Flip Chart:

Unit: Biomes in September and October

Concepts:
 * Climate
 * Location
 * Adaptations
 * Natural Resources/Conservation
 * Symbiotic Relationships

Topics:
 * Aquatic
 * Deserts
 * Forests
 * Grasslands
 * Tundra

EU: Students will understand that the world has many different environments that support the lives of different types of organisms. EU: Students will understand that all living things depend on their environment and other organisms within it for their survival. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">EU: Students will understand that sometimes differences in organisms gives individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TEU: Students will understand that biomes are more than just the organisms they contain; location, climate, adaptations, relationships, and other geologic factors also influence the interactions within a biome. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TEU: Students will understand that soil and landforms change with weathering. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TEU: Students will understand that biomes include ecosystems, communities, populations, habitats, and niches

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unit: Natural Resources/Conservation can be taught during each biome <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">EU: Students will understand and demonstrate knowledge of the social and personal implications of environmental issues. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Key Concepts: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Reduce/Reuse/Recycle, Conservation

=Climate= Our Changing Planet by WINDOWS TO THE UNIVERSE links twelve videos that address indicators of climate change and their implications, also includes lesson plans to go with videos.

[|NASA Global Maps (temp, rain, veg)] this site shows you the different temperature, rainfall, vegetation, etc. on world maps. It is on the NASA website.





=Location=



=Adaptations= Adaptations of Species (Windows to the Universe)







=Symbiotic Relationships=



=Natural Resources/Conservation= The Carbon Cycle Game by WINDOWS TO THE UNIVERSE this game requires FLASH

=Discussions and Comments=

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