1. for Mrs. Longino’s 6th grade Science classes
BIOME PROJECT
February 2010
for Mrs. Longino’s 6th grade Science classes
LIBRARY RESEARCH

2. Library Objectives:
The student will seek information from diverse sources, contexts, disciplines, and cultures with 80% accuracy. (OBJ. 9)
The student will communicate or exchange information and ideas by using technological tools with 80% accuracy. (OBJ. 10)
The student will collaborate with others, both in person and through technologies to identify and evaluate information products, and to arrive at consensus solutions with 80% accuracy. (OBJ. 12)

3. Your 1st Objective:
Construct a 3-dimensional model of a biome in a large shoe box.

6. Plants
Include plants that live in your biome

7. Animals
Include animals that live in your biome

8. Terrain
Describe the surface features of your biome.

9. Abiotic Factors
Non living parts of the environment

10. Biotic Factors
The living parts of the environment

11. World Map Where is your biome located?
Be sure to color or outline the location of your biome on the map.

12. World Map

13. Your 2nd Objective:
Create a poster that is divided into 3 sections.

14. Section 1: Written description of the biomes characteristics
Precipitation graph
Temperature graph

15. Climate Describe the weather conditions in your biome.
You will need to determine a location of your biome to find the precipitation and temperature range for the months of January through December.

16. Precipitation and Temperature Graphs

17. Section 2: Table of plants and animals with their adaptations
Use the table in your packet

18. Table of plants and animals with adaptations
Animal or plant name
Picture of
animal or plant
Adaptations

19. Section 3:
Food Chain that includes pictures of the animals