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

The Sahara Desert

Who lives there?

Nomad with camels in the Sahara desert, Morocco, Africa

Steps:

1. Borrow books about camels from the library.

2. Read Rudyard Kipling’s story of How the Camel Got His Hump. You can access the story below.

3. Draw a picture of a camel for your lesson notes worksheet.

Click the Activity button to read How the Camel Got His Hump.

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