Biome presentation sheet glenwood middle school

All the links needed for the unit plan are contained on that page. This page contains additional resources that might help you adapt your lesson to a different grade level or add activities to enhance your unit.

Biome Lesson Plan - This is a link to a 5th grade lesson plan that introduces biomes to students. It includes activities and an assesment.
Biome in a Box - This lesson plan has students build a biome in a box. It gives detailed descriptions of what they should include. It also gives a suggestion for a creative writing activity.
Biomes of the World - This website has a map of the world that shows the location of each biome. It also has pages of information on each specific biome.
PBS Biomes - This lesson plan has great links to PBS resources that give an introduction to biomes. The printable (PDF) Biome Worksheet and World Map are a great resource to guide students' research.
Mission Biomes - This website is part of the NASA Earth Observatory. This is a great start for students to get basic information on the biomes. It gives temperature, precipitation, vegetation, location and a description of seven different biomes.
Teacher Resources - This is the teacher page of the NASA Earth Observatory for biomes. It lists math, science and social studies standards. It also gives some great hands-on activity ideas.
Biomes and Communities Definition - This short YouTube video gives a very good basic explanation of what a biome is.
World Biomes - This website has a brief introductory page, but its strength is the links to each of nine different biomes. Each link then links to plants, animals and climate for that biome.
What's it Like? - This website gives detailed information on each of six land biomes, three freshwater ecosystems and three marine ecosystems.
Beyond Penguins - This website is only about the tundra, but it gives lots of links to lesson plans and activities.
Biome Sorting - This is a hands-on activity to help students practice the information they have been learning about biomes.
What and Who Lives Where? - A printable activity that will give your students some hands-on learning.
Ecosystems and Biomes - A great website with a wide variety of information including activities, graphic organizers, slide shows and online quizzes.
Biome Activity - Fun activity involving sorting and graphing animal crackers.
Biome Discovery Expedition - A lesson idea that combines computer research with hands-on activites.
Biomes Concept Map - Printable map with some information already filled in. This would be great in a special education class.
Biome Project - A lesson that turns learning about biomes into selling your biome as a tourist attraction.
Biome Map - A coloring page that helps students identify biomes on a map.
The World's Biomes - This website focuses on the five major biomes. It gives a brief descriptions of biomes, then links to the five major biomes. Within each biome is a description of that biomes sub-biomes.

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