Biodiversity
What role do biomes play?
Student Responsibilities
  • Students will be assigned to eight different teams.
  • Each team will be responsible for researching one of the eight different biomes found on Earth.
    • Tundra, Rainforest, Ocean, Freshwater, Coniferous Forest, Deciduous Forest, Desert
  • After being assigned to your team, you will have to decide which role you will assume for the Biomes of the World project.  The choices are as follows:
    Botanist
    - plant expert

    Zoologist - animal expert
    Meteorologist - weather/climate expert Environmentalist - ecological concerns expert
    Geographer - map/landforms expert

  • Each team will also be responsible for creating a PowerPoint presentation as an instructional tool for the other teams.
  • Upon completing their research each team will create a food web highlighting the organisms of their biome.