Fictional Biomes

  • For this assignment, you will pick a fictional biome and relate it to one of the six biomes covered in your notes.
  • These fictional biomes MUST come from an existing medium such as movies, books, or games. They cannot be of your own creation.
  • Fictional biome also CANNOT be a replica or representation of an already existing biome on Earth such as the area around Fork City, Washington in the Twilight series (Temperate Forest).
  • For more ideas, see the list of suggested fictional biomes from your teacher.

In your description of your fictional biome of choice, you must include:

Fictional Biomes

Criteria / Detail
Citation
(2 pts) / Cite your fictional biome (name and medium it comes from). You need to put the exact name of your source and the exact name of the area. If your area does not have a name, be as specific as possible.
Description
(5 pts) / A brief description of the fictional biome (location, resources, animal/plant life)
Five Factors
(10 pts-2 pts each) / Based on the description on your fictional biome, relate it to one of the six biome mentioned in your notes. 2 of them need to be abiotic factors, 2 of them need to be biotic factors, and the last one is your choice. You must be able to relate five factors!
Fun Facts
(3 pt) / Also include some fun facts about your fiction biome 
Picture/Video Clip
(5 pts) / Include 3 or morepicturesor a short video clip(no more than 2 minutes) showing your fictional biome. They can be printed images or drawings, but they must show the majority of the factors you mentioned above. Make sure you cite the sources.
PowerPoint
Presentation
(15 pts) / Include all of the above information in PowerPoint slides. Make sure the font size you use is at least size 24. You will make PowerPoint oral presentation in class.

Total: 40 pts

  • You need to submit:

a) A hardcopy of your PowerPoint slides. Print 6 slides on a page to save paper. The first slide should include the title and all group members' names. You will hand this to me on the day of your presentation.

b) PowerPoint slides file. Save your file in Google Docs and share it with me. My Google

Docs account is . Save the file name in the following format "Fictional Biome Per 1 Zhen" (Use one group member's last name).I need to havereceived your file by the day of your presentation. You can also submit it early if you finish early.

Example

Citation:

The Planet of Tatooine, Star Wars series.

Description:

Tatooine is an aria desert planet where the heat comes from two suns. Farming seem to be possible as it was the occupation of Luke Skywalker’s Uncle (specifically Moisture Farming). Dwellings are either underground or in dome buildings. There doesn’t seem to have any vegetation growing in any of the Tatooine’s movie scenes. Even though the humans ride these pod-cars, some creatures like the Sand People use wooly coated animals as transportation.

5 Factors:(A=abiotic; B=biotic)

Tatooine is similar to the desert

  1. It has intensive heat due to having two suns (A)
  2. Has little to no precipitation thus needing the moisture farms (A)
  3. Inhabitants live underground to avoid the sun’s intensive rays and heat (B)
  4. Little to no vegetation growth (B)
  5. Wooly coated on animals to stay warm during the night, maybe similar to camels. (B)

Fun Facts:

Podracing is the popular sport on Tatooine. It’s also a dangerous event where most of the racer’s vehicles are destroyed due to rough competition. However, a human slave named Anakin Skywalker was able to win one of these races and his freedom. He later becomes a terrifying agent of the Sith Lord. He is renamed Darth Vader and is one of most iconic figures from the Star Wars’ series. “I find your lack of faith disturbing.”