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In order for your group to make a PowerPoint presentation, your group will have to investigate one biome and learn about certain aspects of it. Each member of your group will have a job. After becoming an expert in that area, you will bring your expertise back to your group, and report what you have learned. Keeping in mind that you want to convince the rest of your class that your biome would be the best to visit, you will sort out the best information and use it to make your PowerPoint.
These are the jobs that each group will have:
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Botanist |
This person will report on the plants of the area; is there a specific type of plant that grows here and nowhere else?
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Ecologist |
This person will report on the environment of the biome: climate, when the best time to visit would be; seasonal differences focus should be nature- climate, weather, natural wonders, geography.
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Zoologist – 2 per group |
Will report on all kinds of animals that live in this area. Each kind of the following animals should be included. (mammals; reptiles; birds; amphibians; insects.) You may include others if you wish. (Example fish)
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You will need to keep track of where you get the found your information by writing the title, author, the publisher, and the copyright date. If the source is a web site, you will need to copy the URL, the date the information was retrieved, and the name of the site. This information needs to be copied onto a note card and kept in the research folder.
This is where you will begin your research. Click on the biome that you are studying for more information.
| Grasslands | Mountains | Ocean | Desert | Rainforest |
TASK TWO
Your group
will write a paragraph to persuade the rest of your class that your biome
is the best. You will want to convince them with the most exciting reasons (from
your research) that this is the place for the class field trip.
Use the persuasive
writing direction on the student pages.
This persuasive
paragraph will be included in your group's Biome PowerPoint presentation.
TASK THREE
| Your next job will be to create a power point slide show about your biome. Click on the camera man for directions. |
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Use the following template to build your Power Point Presentation.
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Click on the Chalkboard |
You will be evaluated on your performance as a group. It is very important that you work together as a team! Your persuasive arguments and power point presentation will be graded using the evaluation rubric. (Click on Evaluation for rubric.)
Other useful site.
Just put the name of your animal or biome in the search section and click search.
Introduction
| Process
| Tasks |
Evaluation |
Student Pages
Student Dictionary|
Teacher's Page
