Biomes

Ecosystems:

1. Spend time building background information and vocabulary regarding ecosystems. 2. Learn about the different ecosystems of the world. 3. Choose one ecosystem to research in more depth. Examples include: desert, tropical rain forest, cave, coral reef, tundra, grassland, tide pools, mountains, deciduous forest, conferous forest (taiga), coastal forest, wetlands, and Arctic. 4. Students create an ecosystem. 5. Write a report and present it to the class. Tell us about such things as the location of the ecosystem, how much of the earth's surface is covered by this ecosystem, what the temperature is like, are there seasons, average amount of precipitation, organisms that live in the ecosystem, or any other interesting facts that you would like to share. 6. Be creative and have fun! Learn as much as you can about the ecosystem and the unique creatures God has created to live in that specific ecosystem.
 * Their creation should show that the ecosystem contains all the basic needs for life; water, air, food, and shelter.
 * It should demonstrate a food chain. (Example: decomposer, producer, consumer)
 * Be creative! In the past some students have used materials they have at home such as cardboard boxes, clay, salt dough, sticks, rocks, drawings on sticks etc.