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Introduction to Biomes
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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California Biodiversity
Students examine several maps of California exhibiting features such as precipitation, topography, and vegetation. They look for patterns that might be the source of or influence biodiversity in different regions. They pay particular...
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Eco-Poetry
Students explore the Earth's various biomes and ecosystems using Internet research. They create a multimedia poem using the photos, sounds, and vocabulary from their research.
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Community Distribution
In this community distribution activity, students will review 5 terms associated with biomes, ecosystems, and communities. Students will then match 11 terms as either relating to marine biomes or land biomes. This activity has 5 fill in...
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Biomes
Students explore the worlds biomes and see how organisms adapt to these ecological communities. In this world's biomes lesson students research and write a paper about one of the world's biomes.
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Where Does It Come From?
Students examine food sources. In this agriculture lesson, students investigate how food is stored, moved, and processed as they participate in a classroom activity.
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Diversity Ecosystems
Students work in teams to characterize their biomes and compare them to the biomes of the rest of the class. In this biomes lesson plan, students complete a bean activity, relate it to the diversity in biomes, and then research and...
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Climate and Temperature
Students explore what the soil temperature would be on the north and south sides of a building. In this temperature lesson, students hypothesize what the results will be using a thermometer and then after a week see what the...
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Comparing Ecosystems
Students, in groups, research two biomes. They create a Venn diagram and include the characteristics of each biome, placing similar features in the overlapping area of the circles.
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Biome Exchange: Send the Stuff Not The Kids
Young scholars exchange information with students from various geographic biomes. They explore the unique ecologically significant features of the biomes and share with other young scholars.
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Land Biomes Research and Presentation
Fifth graders work in cooperative groups to research an assigned land biome using various sources. Groups create either a book or a PowerPoint presentation of their assigned land biome.
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Grounded for Life
Second graders become familiar with the lives of penguins including their life cycles, habitats and basic needs. Students will experience the lives of penguins through stories and video.
The Wild Classroom
The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Temperate Grasslands Biome
Learn all about the Temperate Grasslands biome. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Temperate Grasslands
Listen to this short podcast explaining the characteristics of the temperate grassland ecosystem. [0:45]
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
Kids Do Ecology: Temperate Grasslands
At the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, you can learn where temperate grasslands are located! Other information includes grassland weather, plants, animals, people, and more.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Temperate Grasslands: Lesson 1
This lesson will provide an understanding of the characteristics and role of temperate grasslands, and its effect on living things. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Temperate Grasslands."
Other
Nsw Country Areas Program: Grassland
What is a grassland? Learn all about grasslands at this fun and informative site! Content explores the difference between a tropical and a temperate grassland, as well as focusing on the types of animals that live in a grassland.
Other
Radford University: Temperate Grasslands
This is part of a virtual geography project from Radford University. Learn about the climate, vegetation, grasses, soil and fauna of the temperate grasslands.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Grasslands
This site from the Missouri Botanical Gardens provides general information about different kinds of grasslands and the plants and animals of that type of region.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Grassland Animal Adaptations
Learn about the different animals that live in tropical and temperate grasslands and how they have adapted to their environment. Also discusses some plant adaptations.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Grassland Biome: Animals and Plants
Describes the characteristics, biodiversity, and the adaptations of the plants and animals of temperate and tropical grasslands.
University of California
Ucmp: The Grassland Biome
A good site to begin your study of grasslands as it gives clear definitions of terms and an explanation of how the grasslands came into existence.
University of California
Ucmp: The World's Biomes
This is an introduction to the major biomes on Earth. This page groups biomes into five major types: aquatic, deserts, forests, grasslands, and tundra. Information on climate, animal/plant life, and much more is given for each of type...
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Grasslands
NatureWorks offers some great information about grasslands. Learn what grasslands are, the difference between tropical and temperate grasslands, the different types of prairie grasses, and grassland animals.