1. North American Unit Biomes

2. A biome is a specific environment that’s home to living things suitable for the climate. Examples are Tundra, Coniferous forest, Prairie, Deciduous forest, Desert, Tropical rain forest, and urban sprawl.

3. What are we doing? We are going to research each of the North American Biomes. We will use the ipads and go to http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/index.html among other websites. http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/index.html We will write descriptions about the different biomes including plants and animals that live there.

4. Tundra Located in the Rocky Mountains. Very cold, harsh winters. Frozen soil (permafrost) Small shrubs Polar Bears, Seals and walruses.

5. Coniferous Forest Coniferous trees dominate this region. These are trees with pine needles. These trees can survive colder weather. Snowy cold winters, Warm summers. Deer, Elk, wolves, bears, foxes.

6. Prairie Large grassland areas in the middle of the United States. Buffalo, Elk and deer live in this area. Hot summers with mild winters. Deer, fox, prairie dogs.

7. Desert Long Hot summers with mild winters. Little precipitation. Cacti and sparse trees dominate this region. Lizards, Snakes and camels are examples of animals.

8. Tropical Rain Forest Large dense forest. Heavy precipitation. (rainfall) Has the largest variety of plants and animals. Very warm and humid.

9. Biome Illustration and Short Story Your job is to create an illustration on the top half of a line piece of paper that represents your biome. It is to include two different animals and plants. On the lower half of the line paper, write a short story that takes place in that biome. Have the story include those two plants and animals.

10. Biomes 1) Tundra 2) Coniferous Forest 3) Prairie 4) Desert 5) Rain Forest/Tropical Rain Forest

11. North America Biomes On the blank map(provided by Mr. Johnson) you are to color the different biomes. An example map can be found at http://biologycorner.com/resources/biome_m ap_key.gif http://biologycorner.com/resources/biome_m ap_key.gif There also has to be a key in the lower left hand corner of your map to show what colors represent different biomes.