Biome Travel Brochure Project for ______
Objectives: Create a travel brochure for a biome
Describe how different environments support different varieties of organisms
Due Date: Friday, April 27, 2012
Directions: Using the reference materials provided to you by your teacher, follow the directions for making a Biomes Brochure/pamphlet. Be sure to follow the rubric provided so that you can do a self assessment prior to turning in your finished project. Remember to attach it to your final project. You will work individually or in pairs on this project. You will have at least one day to work in the computer lab. If you do not finish in class, it is homework, due on the date posted above. Think about what you are learning as you read about the biome. Materials will be provided to you in class. All brochures/pamphlets are to be computer-generated projects and should be in color. However, you may trace pictures and/or cut pictures out of magazines if you wish.
TASK: Create a travel brochure that promotes visiting one of the Earth’s biomes. A biome will be randomly selected for you due to the shortage of biome texts provided and to ensure that all biomes get covered. You must use accurate information about the biome and its conditions, but you may use humor and creativity to offer suggestions for overcoming the challenges of visiting the location. Have you ever read a brochure? Brochures are used to communicate information about specific topics in a brief, reader friendly format. The use of color, diagrams, and a pleasing layout of the information is used to catch and hold the reader’s attention.
CRITERA:
ü Neat
ü Colorful
ü Creative
ü Include the following information found in the rubric on the opposite side of this document.
Remember to site any photo you use in your brochure. If you need help, ask me!
Do not cut and paste information from websites that you use. Information should be in your own words! Plagiarism of any kind will result in a project grade of zero and an administrative referral!
** NOTE: All brochures are to be printed and ready to turn in when you arrive to class on the due date. I will not allow printing of brochures on due date in my class and will not accept flash drives in the place of a printed document!!
q Write the biome that you are studying here: ______/ Tundra / Taiga Grassland MarineTemperate Deciduous Forest / Steppe Chaparral
Tropical Rain Forest / Desert Savannah
5 Points / q Design Cover / Create a cover that is attractive, capturing and inviting. The cover should lure would-be vacationers to your area.
5 Points / q Design inside cover / q The inside-cover gets readers to want to know more about your biome.
q Describe the biotic and abiotic factors in your biome.
10 Points / q Location of Region / q Explain location of biome
q Include a map of the world with the biome labeled and highlighted.
10 Points / q Gather climate information / q Explain the climate of your biome
q Discuss average annual precipitation
q Discuss average annual temperature
10 Points / q Faunal adaptations (animals) / q Describe 6 fauna found in your biome.
q Explain special adaptations that these organisms have for survival in your biome (2 special adaptations that help it be successful in this biome).
q Include pictures of the organisms and their adaptations (2-3)
10 Points / q Floral / Fungal adaptations (plants) / q Describe 6 flora found in your biome.
q Explain how the fauna are adapted for survival in your biome (2 special adaptations that help it be successful in this biome).
q Include pictures of the organisms and their adaptations (2-3)
*** You may substitute a fungal (mushrooms, molds, fungi) adaptation ***
10 Points / q Food Web / q Draw a food web for your biome (you may use words or pictures). You may cut and paste one from the web. (Be sure to site it if you do!)
q Include 8 organisms in the food web
q Include arrows in food to show the direction of the energy flow.
10 Points / q Interesting Facts / q Explain at least 4 interesting facts about your region
q Include at least 3 pictures illustrating these interesting facts.
10 Points / q Symbiotic Relationships / q Symbiotic relationships that are commonly found in your biome (each
relationship should include the 2 organisms involved, what kind of symbiosis it is (mutualism, parasitism, commensalism), and WHY it is that symbiosis) Include 2 different types of symbiosis found in your biome.
5
Points / q Presentation / q Final project is neatly done
q No spelling errors in brochure
q Complete sentences with correct mechanics
5
Points / q Bibliography / q Includes sources of information. This should be on a separate sheet of paper, attached to rubric and submitted with final brochure.
*** www.easybib.com ***
Required vocabulary words: (Include / Use these words in your biome – highlight or underline) (10 pts)
q Keystone species
q Indicator species
q Consumer
q Herbivore
q Carnivore
q Omnivore
q Biotic Factor
q Abiotic factor
q Population
q Symbiotic
q Producers
q Biome
q Habitat
q Niche
q Prey
q Scavengers
q Decomposers
q Predators
Extension vocabulary:
Desert – nocturnal, succulent, drought, rhizome
Tropical Rain Forest – canopy, under story, emergent, epiphytes
Tundra – pingo, drought, permafrost, migration
Marine – coral reef, intertidal, estuaries, abyssal
Grasslands – prairie, pampas, overgrazing, ungulate
Taiga – coniferous, hibernate, boreal, migrate
Deciduous Forest – tree stratum, hibernate, camouflage, lichen