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Biomes Summary-Temperature, Precipitation, and Location

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students examine the weather conditions of the various biomes on a world map. In this geographical weather lesson, students identify the seven biomes and color each biome a specific color. Students view a list of the average temperature...
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Biomes of the World (and Canada)

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Young scholars explore environments by analyzing food chains. In this biome identification lesson, students define a list of environmental vocabulary terms such as tundra, rain-forest and desert. Young scholars create a fictional self...
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Biomes and Plant Growth

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders design four biomes models and plant three types of seeds in them to observe growth. In groups for each type of biome, they predict the seeds' growth in each of the settings. Students follow the conditions on a biome chart...
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Introduction to Biomes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use scientific skills and processes to recognize how living things depend on one another and on the environment for survival and the human use of natural resources impacts the environment. Explain how Earth's surface...
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Biome Trip

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders comprehed how individual organism adapt and relate to an environment. They investigate where biomes are located and what specific biomes are like. Pupils give examples of biomes (land and water), and how temperature and...
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Biomes: Precipitation Graph

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students practice graphing by studying biomes.  In this precipitation lesson, students graph the precipitation patterns for the 7 biomes on Earth.  Students view a PowerPoint presentation in class which explores the 7 biomes and the...
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Biomes: Action for a Healthy Planet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students become environmentalists. They develop solutions to modern environmental problems.
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Biomes: the Threat of the Sea

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers study global warming including its causes and effects.  In this creative instructional activity students make posters on global warming.   
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Biome Project

For Students 7th - 9th
In this earth science worksheet, students act as travel agents for a particular biome and construct a brochure to sell the class on benefits of taking a vacation to their biome. They include each of the features given in the exercise.
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Go Eco! Ecosystems

For Teachers 7th - 10th
How is a movie theater like a desert biome? Compare systems to ecosystems with a set of activities that focuses on accessing multiple intelligences and building upon knowledge. As learners discuss the ways elements of an ecosystem depend...
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Unique Plants of the Biomes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine how the earth is divided into different biomes that are characterized by a distinctive climate.  In this earth's surface lesson students identify adaptations of plants in specific biomes. 
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Biomes of the World

For Students 4th - 5th
In this biomes worksheet, learners read an article on biomes and answer 10 multiple choice, short answer or true and false questions relating to biomes.
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The Many, Varied, and Unusual Places and Things on Earth

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students discover how energy flows through communities because of the relationship between producers, consumers and decomposers. Examining various ecosystems, they identify the materials that cycle continuously through them. They label...
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Earth's Ecosystem: Seven Major Biomes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discuss the different types of ecosystems and the composition of biomes. Working in groups, they define various related terms and make posters of them. Then they explain their posters to the class.
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The Desert Biome

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a visual presentation of the characteristics of a biome. Working in small groups, students use traditional and online resources to gather data concerning biomes. Students use their information to create a bulletin board...
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Biomes -- Part II

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use the internet to gather information on the biomes of the world. They identify the climate and unique characteristics of each biome along with any threat to them. They create their own campaign to preserve wildlife.
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Exploring Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students watch a movie about various land biomes. Then they use the word list to the right to complete each of the statements. Students also complete the brief quiz about the movie that follows.
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Biotic and Abiotic Interactions Within a Biome

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together to examine the characteristics of a biome. Using the Internet, they research the relationship between biotic and abiotic factors and living organisms. They develop a presentation along with a solution to a...
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Biomes Around The World

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the six major biomes found in the world and choose one for further research and presentation. Using internet sources, they identify the major characteristics of their biome and synthesize their information into a...
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Deserts

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
What is it like in the desert? Inform your class on what makes a desert, the type of climate they'll find there, and the interesting plant and animals that live in the desert environment. This is a text-rich presentation that will...
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Climate Patterns

For Students 6th - 9th
Young climatologists explore the factors that contribute to a region's climate in this two-part earth science activity. To begin, learners are provided with a map of an imaginary planet and are asked to label global wind and ocean...
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Biomes

For Students 5th - 12th
In this biomes instructional activity, students review the characteristics of aquatic biomes and terrestrial biomes. This instructional activity has 12 fill in the blank, 6 multiple choice, and 4 short answer questions.
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Protecting Holy Cows

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the interrelationships of organisms and their environments. They study ecological communities and determine what is necessary for survival. Students discuss and answer questions concerning a group's biome, habitat, food...
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Guetemala's Changing Forest

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compare their local ecological zone to the tropical rainforest. In this natural ecology lesson plan, 8th graders complete an activity about the differences in ecological zones. They compare their biome to the Guatemalan...

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