The Assignment

All documents are uploaded on my teacher website here.

OBJECTIVES
• Differentiate between weather and climate. (5.8a)
• Observe and describe the physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities within an ecosystem (3.9a)
• Describe how the flow of energy derived from the sun, used by producers to create their own food, is transferred through a food chain to consumers and decomposers (5.9b)
• Observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and nonliving elements. (5.9a) • Predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways. (5.9c)
• Compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals (5.10a)

YOUR CHALLENGE
• Research your assigned biome, and complete the Biome Information Chart (attached).
• Use the resources outlined at http://www.discoveryeducation.com
o Log into discovery learning using the username I gave you and the password Carson o Find the Biomes assignment. All the information is listed there, as well as attached videos, websites and pictures for you to use for research. Use these resources to answer the questions on the Biome Information Chart.
• Create 6 Trading Cards for your Biome. Use the information gathered in the Biome Information Chart to create the questions, statements, facts, or pictures for the trading cards o
o Use the Biome Trading Card Template off my teacher website to create the trading cards-be very creative and informative!
o Be prepared to trade five of your cards with other students from different biomes.
• Complete the Biome Chart for all Biomes through information gathered on Trading Cards.
• Complete the Biome Think-Tac-Toe activity individually, identifying and describing all the characteristics and interrelationships of each biome.