In Groups of Three Or Four, You Will Be Making a Power Point Presentation to the Class

Name ______

Biomes of Wisconsin Research and Tourism Trifold Presentation

In groups of TWO, you will be making a trifold presentation about one of the original, pre-settlement ecosystem types that existed or still exist in Wisconsin.

Your ecosystem choices are:

Name ______

Biomes of Wisconsin Research and Tourism Trifold Presentation

Name ______

Biomes of Wisconsin Research and Tourism Trifold Presentation

·  Tall Grass Prairie

·  Oak Savanna

·  Southern Oak Forest

·  Southern Mesic Forest

·  Lowland Flood Plain Hardwood Forest

·  Sedge Meadow

·  Pine Barrens

·  Pine Forest

·  Northern Mesic Forest

·  Conifer Swamp

·  Boreal Forest

·  Streams of Driftless Area

·  Rivers (Major systems)

·  Lakes Northern Lakes, or specific flowages or Major Lakes inland

·  Great lakes Michigan or Superior

·  Horicon Marsh

Name ______

Biomes of Wisconsin Research and Tourism Trifold Presentation

Name ______

Biomes of Wisconsin Research and Tourism Trifold Presentation

Your Presentation must:

·  Include information about your ecosystem in a trifold Tourism style pamphlet. Both sides of your paper should be covered with info and pictures supporting the concepts below:

1.  Location of this ecosystem in Wisconsin. Include a Map showing area

2.  Geology and Past glacial influences of the area in which your ecosystem exists.

3.  Climate conditions (rainfall, snowfall, temperature ranges, growing seasons)

4.  Typical vegetation, animals (mammals, birds, reptile, amphibians, fish, invertebrates) - include any endangered or threatened species that make this ecosystem their home.

5.  History of human impacts/use on the ecosystem include pre-settlement (Native American use or value of area, when and how it was settled, and today).

6.  Status of the ecosystem in Wisconsin today (how much is left, where is it located)

7.  Park, refuge or reserve that has your ecosystem that could be visited in Wisconsin. These could be County, State or Federal Lands

8.  Any extra interesting facts.

9.  An ecological Quote that inspires you to go see this area…original or borrowed.

10.  Well put together

·  Mostly in picture format with bullet points capturing the highlights of your area.

Scoring: Each of the 8 sections above is going to be worth 5 points

5= Information presented and represented well by the choice of pictures and bullet point highlighted notes

4= Mentioned but above not worded well

3= only notes describing section

1= only pictures

0= Not included

Research time in class will be today, Monday and Tuesday. This time should be used for compiling your project with your partner. This assignment is due on Friday.