Learning Coach — Biomes

Objectives

Students will:

Identify the desert, forests, aquatic, tundra and grasslands biomes.
Indicate the different animals that live in these biomes.
Examine the adaptations the animals made to their environments.

Materials Needed

Students will need:

crayons or colored pencils
pen of pencils

Keywords

biomes
desert
rainforest
tundra
animals
environment
ecosystems
grasslands
wetlands
forests
aquatic

Your Biome

Where do you live?

Acacia savanna south of Fada N'Gourma, Burkina Faso.

Steps:

1. After exploring more of the Earth's biomes, identify the biome in which you live. Describe the type of climate, plant life, and animal life.

2. Compare your biome to the others you have studied. How is it similar? How is it different?