Sharing the planet

Build a Biome

Central Idea:

A biome is a major ecological system that has a distinctive climate, plants, animals, and other living organisms.

An Inquiry Into:

The components of a biome
Where the different kinds of biome are found
How and why living things adapt to their environment
Issues that affect the survival of biomes and the role we play

RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THIS UNIT:

Non-Fiction Books:

Call Number	Author	Title
550 PLA		Planet Earth
574.5 GIB	Gibbons, Gail	Marshes & Swamps
574.5 GOR	Gore, Sheila	Swamps
577.68 PIP	Pipes, Rose	Wetlands
333.73 JEN	Jenkins, Martin	Deserts
508.311 FOR	Forman, Michael H.	Arctic Tundra
574.5 BAK	Baker, Lucy	Life in the Deserts
574.5 COL	Collinson, A. S.	Grasslands
574.5 GIB	Gibbons, Gail	Nature's Green Umbrella : Tropical Rain Forests
574.5 KNA	Knapp, Brian J.	What Do We Know About the Grasslands?
574.5 LAM	Lambert, David	Forests
574.5 NAD	Naden, Corinne J.	Grasslands Around the World
574.909 CAT	Catchpole, Clive	Grasslands
574.909 CAT	Catchpole, Clive	Deserts : the Living World
577.3 BAL	Baldwin, Carol	Living in a Temperate Deciduous Forest
577.3 BAL	Baldwin, Carol	Living in the Taiga
577.3 DOR	Doris, Ellen	Life at the Top : Discoveries in a Tropical Forest Canopy
577.3 HOO	Hooper, Rosanne	Life in the Woodlands
577.3 LOU	Loughran, Donna	Living in the Forest
577.3 MOR	Morris, Neil	Forests
577.34 BAL	Baldwin, Carol	Living in a Rain Forest
577.34 LAS	Lasky, Kathryn	The Most Beautiful Roof in the World : Exploring the Rainforest Canopy
577.34 OMA	O'Mara, Anna	Rain Forests
577.4 BAL	Baldwin, Carol	Living in a Prairie
577.5 BAL	Baldwin, Carol	Living on a Mountain
577.5 BAL	Baldwin, Carol	Living in the Tundra
577.5 FOW	Fowler, Allan	Arctic Tundra : Land with No Trees
577.5 MUD	Mudd-Ruth, Maria	The Tundra
577.54 BAL	Baldwin, Carol	Living in a Desert
577.54 FOW	Fowler, Allan	Living in a Desert
577.54 MOR	Morris, Neil	Deserts
577.6 BAL	Baldwin, Carol	Living by a River

Fiction Books:

AV Materials:

Call Number	Title
VID 577 BIO	Biomes of the World in Action : Coniferous Forests
VID 577 BIO	Biomes of the World in Action : Deserts
VID 577 BIO	Biomes of the World in Action : Deciduous Forests
VID 577 BIO	Biomes of the World in Action : Marine Ecosystems
VID 577 BIO	Biomes of the World in Action : Rainforest Biomes
VID 577 BIO	Biomes of the World in Action : Grasslands
VID 577 BIO	Biomes of the World in Action : Freshwater Ecosystems

Websites:

Biomes	Plants and Animals
World Biomes	Animal Facts (http://www.zoo.org)
	Sea World
	Sedgwick County Zoo
Earth Biomes	Nature Files
Blue Planet Biomes	Adaptations
	Animal Adaptations (Utah)
Biomes from Camdem School	Animal Adaptations
Biomes, University of Berkeley	Current Events
Biomes, Richmond Virginia	Lots of Current Events Links
Nature Files	Forest News
Click here for more great Biome web sites	Eco Kids News
	Ask Jeeves Kids: Newsroom
Rainforests	Deserts
The Zoom Rainforests	The Evergreen Project
The Evergreen Project	Deserts
Tropical Forests	Desert Biomes
Tropical Rain Forest Food Web	Hot Deserts
Rainforest Links	Hot Desert Food Web
Temperate Forests	Cold Desert Food Web
Enchanted Learning	Cold Deserts
The Evergreen Project	Grasslands
Nature Works	Introduction to Grasslands
Deciduous Forest	The Evergreen Project
Temperate Forest Food Web	Grasslands
Tundra	Wetlands
The Tundra	Swamps
More Tundra	Marshes
The Evergreen Project	The Evergreen Project
Tundra: The Not So Barren Land	IdahoPTV.org
Tundra Food Web	White-Naped Crane
Biomes of the World: Tundra
Arctic Tundra Plants
Tundra Animals