Biomes & Biodiversity Map/Research Assignment — Website Resources

April 7, 2021 Ms. D

In class, we have been talking a lot about biodiversity! We have covered key concepts and vocabulary such as ecology, ecosystems, food chains, abiotic and biotic elements, biomes, and keystone species.

Here are some of the videos we watched, in case you would like to see them again:

Bill Nye Biodiversity

TED Ed Why is biodiversity so important?

What does biodiversity do for us?

We also watched Planet Earth’s Pole to Pole, which showed us the many biomes and amazing diversity of life we have, stretching from the Arctic down to the Antarctic.

Using the books in class and the websites below, please do the following:

1. Use the map handout I gave you. Give it a title, make a legend, and then colour the map to show where the different biomes of the world are. We listed them in our journals.

2. Using the other handout I gave you as a guide, for each biome, please find out its general location in the world, its characteristics, and then 3 plants and 3 animals you might find in each biome. The first biome can be done on the handout. The others you can record in your journal.

3. You may work with a partner in class, but you need your own map and information in your journal.

DUE: April 23rd, Friday

Biomes Websites:

Blue Planet Biomes

NASA Mission Biomes

BioExpedition YouTube Types of Biomes in the World

YouTube Putting the History of Earth in Perspective

BioExpedition Website Types of Biomes

The Wild Classroom Biomes

MBG Net Biomes

Kids Do Ecology Biomes

UC Museum of Paleontology Biomes