D A I LY P I C T O - J O U R N A L

If you could live anywhere, where would you live?

Describe the climate and surrounding environment.

Use pictures or words. Be creative.

L E T S R E V I E W W H AT W E
LEARNED LAST TIME.
 2 M A J O R C AT E G O R I E S :
A Q U AT I C A N D T E R R E S T R I A L
 A Q U AT I C B I O M E :

MARINE BIOME

F R E S H W AT E R
BIOME
 PHOTIC
ZONE
Shallow part of the
ocean where the
light can reach.

APHOTIC
ZONE
Deep part of the
ocean where the
light cannot reach.
PLANKTON
CHAPTER 3.
COMMUNITIES
AND BIOMES MS. JIMIN CHEON | BIOLOGY
SECTION 3.2

BIOMES
 TERRESTRIAL BIOMES:

TROPICAL
TUNDRA
RAIN FOREST

T E M P E R AT E TA I G A
FOREST

GRASSLAND DESERT
OBJECTIVES

After this lesson, I will be able to

list at least five types of terrestrial biomes.

distinguish among biomes with given descriptions.

ACTIVITY 1

Jigsaw Reading

Students will grab the textbooks and be put in groups of 6.

Each will be assigned a different terrestrial biome.

Students will find members from other groups with the same biome.

With members from other groups, students will read about the biome in
the textbook and become an expert.

Students will go back to their home group and explain to their peers
about their biomes.

Students will have 6 minutes to read and discuss and 6 minutes to

explain to their group.
TUNDRA
 Treeless, frozen land

Always extremely cold

Has permafrost: layer of permanently

frozen ground

Hence can only support small plants

Short growing season

Long summer days & short winter sunlight

TA I G A
 Also known as the northern
coniferous forest or boreal
forest

fir, hemlock, and spruce trees

warmer and more humid than

tundra

long winter short summer

trees provide animals food

and shelter
DESERT
 Rainfall less than 25cm annual

Extremely dry

Almost no rainfall

Almost no plants

Plants have special adaptations

to reduce water loss

Organisms often have poison/

venom
GRASSLAND
 Rainfall 25cm - 75cm annual

Large communities covered in

grasses and similar small plants.

Very little trees

Higher biodiversity than desert

breadbasket of the world

grows wheat, oat, rye

Large herds of grazing animals

T E M P E R AT E F O R E S T
 Rainfall 70cm-150cm annual

broad-leaved hardwood trees

Top layer of soil is rich in nutrients.

Deeper layer is clay.

Most temperate forest in the U.S.

have been cleared away by the
settlers for farming.
TROPICAL RAIN FOREST
 Rainfall 200cm - 600cm annual

Highest biodiversity

Warm temperature, wet weather,

lush plant growth but poor soil

Near the equator

All year round growing season

BUILD-A-BIOME GAME
ACTIVITY 2

Biome Tour Guide

Students will be divided into groups of 4 and assigned a biome.

Your group is in charge of assisting tourists wanting to travel to that biome.

As a group, discuss and write:

1. recommended clothing

2. what they should bring

3. what organisms they will get to see

Students will be given 10 minutes.

OBJECTIVES

After this lesson, I will be able to

list at least five types of terrestrial biomes.

distinguish among biomes with given descriptions.

 3-2-1 REFLECTION

Write:

3 things you learned from the lesson.

2 things you found interesting.

1 thing you want to learn more

about.
G O T O K A H O O T. I T
C H A P T E R 3 . 2 W O R K S H E E T PA G E 2
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