Biome Project GENERAL INFORMATION NAME: Sally J. Gummere SCHOOL: Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School WORKSHOP LOCATION: Columbus TITLE OF ACTION PLAN: Biomes GRADE LEVEL: 7/8 SUBJECT AREA: Science SPECIFIC TOPIC: Biomes CONTENT INFORMATION Brief Summary of the Topic / Pathfinder: Each group will research a particular biome and then do a project on characteristics of that biome and the organisms that live within it. Students will then give a presentation on their biome in class, including a model of an animal that lives in that biome and a diagram of the food chain to which the animal belongs. Dewey Numbers: 500s Subject Headings: Biomes CONTENT CATEGORIES BOOKS (NON-FICTION): Tundra Animals 591.7586 BUT Desert Animals 591.754 STE Ocean Animals 591.77 DON Grassland Animals 591.74 STE Animals of Rivers, Lakes, & Ponds 591.76 DON Forest Animals 591.73 BUT Desert 577.54 SAY Wetland 577.68 SAY River & Stream 577.6 SAY Lake & Pond 577.63 SAY Coral Reef 574.9 SAY Seashore 577.69 SAY Ocean 551.46 SAY REFERENCE BOOKS: Biomes of the World R 577 BIO U-X-L Encyclopedia of Biomes R 577.8 WEI MAGAZINES: Kids Discover Magazine Wetlands R 500 WET Rain Forests R 500 RAI Deserts R 500 DES Oceans R 500 OCE WEB SITES (FOR STUDENTS): http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/biotemperate.html http://www.columbuszoo.org http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome INFOhio ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: Access Science SELECTED ARTICLES FROM INFOhio ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: OUR WORLD. Kids Discover, Feb2002, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p4 MEDIA RESOURCES: Biomes: Our earthBs major life zones VC 577 BIO OUR WORLD. Kids Discover, Feb2002, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p4, 2p, 1 map, 10c; (AN 6184035)