Mrs. Kersavage's Biome Web Quest

You have entered into this world known as the ecosystem. You first passed a diagram of a food web. Did you notice how the energy was flowing throughout the web? In this webquest, you will be given a task to complete and demonstrate your understanding of what takes place in a specific ecosystem by researching a biome.

 

Each student will work on creating a 6 slide presentation of their biome.  You will be given one  type of environment or biome, to concentrate on:   Desert, tundra, temperate deciduous forest, grasslands, or coniferous forest. 

Slides should contain the following things from your biome:  A map showing where your biome is located, a food web/chain, the climate/weather of your biome, and 3 plants, 3 insects, 3 animals from your biome. 

Each student must write a 1-2 page report about their biome which includes: 1/2-1 page on  the 3 plants, 3 insects, and 3 animals, and 1/2-1 page on  food web/chains, the climate/weather, and any adaptations of plants or animals to the biome.

Finally, each student will present their slides and tell us what you have learned about your biome.

Here is a short video to get you started and remind you about food webs and chains:

https://youtu.be/FFloV2J-eKI

And one on ecosystems:

https://youtu.be/GWlPYupCT48

When you are ready to research your biome:

Every Biome:

 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm

https://online.kidsdiscover.com/unit/biomes

http://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/world_biomes.php

http://www.kidcyber.com.au/biomes/

Deciduous temperate forest:  http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/dforest.html

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/experiments/biome/biotemperate.php

 http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/temperateforest.html

Desert:  http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/desert.html

http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/desert.html

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/experiments/biome/biodesert.php

Tundra: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Experiments/Biome/biotundra.php

http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/tundra.html

https://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/tundra_biome.php

Temperate Grasslands: http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/grassland.html

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/experiments/biome/biograssland.php

https://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/grasslands_biome.php

Coniferous Forest:

https://kids.kiddle.co/Forest

https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Forest

https://naturez-vous.com/coniferous-forest-facts-lesson-for-kids/

http://health.fzl99.com/coniferous-forest-facts-for-kids/

Slides and Report will be due Thursday, April 6th. Presentations will begin when we return from break.