This unit plan is designed for 3rd grade, but could be adapted to most grade levels.
Day One: What is a biome?
Objective - Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of biomes by scoring at least 80% on the attached worksheet.
Description - Introduce biomes. Use the map of the Phoenix Zoo to link to possible prior knowledge. Review key vocabulary. Explain why biomes are important and how everything in a biome relates to each other. (This is systems thinking.) Also explain why each biome is important to other biomes.
This video is a great introduction to what biomes are. It uses systems thinking to explain how everything is dependent on each other. Biomes Intro
Day One: What is a biome?
Objective - Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of biomes by scoring at least 80% on the attached worksheet.
Description - Introduce biomes. Use the map of the Phoenix Zoo to link to possible prior knowledge. Review key vocabulary. Explain why biomes are important and how everything in a biome relates to each other. (This is systems thinking.) Also explain why each biome is important to other biomes.
This video is a great introduction to what biomes are. It uses systems thinking to explain how everything is dependent on each other. Biomes Intro
biomebasics.pdf | |
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Day Two: What is climate and how does it affect a biome?
Objective - Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of biome climates by scoring at least 80% on the attached worksheet.
Description - Begin introduction of climates by asking students to describe the weather in places they have lived or visited and have them compare that to the weather where we live. Discuss why biomes have different climates. Include all information on attached worksheet.
Objective - Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of biome climates by scoring at least 80% on the attached worksheet.
Description - Begin introduction of climates by asking students to describe the weather in places they have lived or visited and have them compare that to the weather where we live. Discuss why biomes have different climates. Include all information on attached worksheet.
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Day Three: What types of plants grow in each of the major biomes?
Objective - Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of biome plants by scoring at least 80% on the attached worksheet.
Description - Bring in plants that could grow in each of the different biomes, or at least two or three different biomes. Have the students walk around the room looking at the plants and make notes about their observations. Ask the students to share their observations. Discuss why different biomes have different types of plants. Use attached worksheet to include all information.
Objective - Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of biome plants by scoring at least 80% on the attached worksheet.
Description - Bring in plants that could grow in each of the different biomes, or at least two or three different biomes. Have the students walk around the room looking at the plants and make notes about their observations. Ask the students to share their observations. Discuss why different biomes have different types of plants. Use attached worksheet to include all information.
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Day Four: What types of animals live in each of the major biomes?
Objective - Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of different animals in the biomes by scoring at least 80% on the attached worksheet.
Description - Put up pictures that represent each of the biomes. Give each student a picture of a different animal (try to have about the same number for each biome) and have them put their animal picture under the biome picture they think the animal belongs in. Discuss why they made the choices they did. Use attached worksheet to teach basic information about animals.
Objective - Students will demonstrate a basic knowledge of different animals in the biomes by scoring at least 80% on the attached worksheet.
Description - Put up pictures that represent each of the biomes. Give each student a picture of a different animal (try to have about the same number for each biome) and have them put their animal picture under the biome picture they think the animal belongs in. Discuss why they made the choices they did. Use attached worksheet to teach basic information about animals.
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Day Five: What happens if a plant or animal disappears?
Objective - Students will be able to identify cause and effects of an animal becoming extinct in a biome by completing a graphic organizer and write a paragraph expressing their opinion of what would happen if an animal became extinct.
Description - This will be my fully developed lesson plan. Each student will study one animal from a biome and explain the cause and effect of what would happen if that animal became extinct. This lesson incorporates systems thinking. The complete lesson is attached.
Objective - Students will be able to identify cause and effects of an animal becoming extinct in a biome by completing a graphic organizer and write a paragraph expressing their opinion of what would happen if an animal became extinct.
Description - This will be my fully developed lesson plan. Each student will study one animal from a biome and explain the cause and effect of what would happen if that animal became extinct. This lesson incorporates systems thinking. The complete lesson is attached.
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extinctcauseeffect.pdf | |
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