Biomes

Students learned about Earth's main biomes and which types of plants and animals inhabit these environments. 

Students discovered that a biome is a large ecosystem that has its own types of animals, plants and soil. They also have their own unique patterns of temperature and rainfall. 

The tundra is a cold a cold, dry biome without trees and the ground is frozen all year.

Students created their assigned biome with a partner displaying the vegetation, animals and soil.

The taiga is a cool forest biome that also contains lakes and ponds and is the largest in the world.

Deciduous forests have trees that lose their leaves every year. They often have cold winters and warm summers. 

Tropical rain forests are hot and damp with plenty of  rainfall.

A grassland is a biome where the main kind of plant is grass. Grasslands do not get much rainfall.

A desert is a barren biome with very little rainfall. They can be hot or cold.

Students worked in pairs to research one of the biome locations and wrote a summary of the location and characteristics that made up their particular biome.