Biome Notes (student version included)

Biomes PowerPoint

This is 38 slide PowerPoint presentation appropriate for grades 7-12. This focuses on 8 biomes that can be found all over the world:
Tundra
Taiga (Boreal Forest)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Grassland
Savannah
Desert
Temperate Rain Forest
Tropical Rain Forest
(Mentions Aquatic Ecosystems [3 slides worth])

The presentation focuses on general descriptions, followed by an organized chart (weather + climate/ plants / animals), followed by countries that the biomes exist. Please download my preview for an example.

Tons of visuals plus 4 embedded videos to keep students alert.
Student notes included.
Zip folder contains both a .ppt and .pptx version.

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✽✽ Ecology Notes ✽✽
1 power point divided into 5 sections)
covers the following:
-Introduction to Ecology (basic vocabulary and succession)
-Energy Flow in Ecosystems (primary productivity, trophic levels, producers/consumers, energy pyramids, biomass)
- Population Growth (dispersion, density, exponential vs. logistic growth, determining growth rate, density-independent vs. density dependent factors, r-strategists vs. K-strategists).
- Biogeochemical Cycles: Water, Carbon, Nitrogen
-Communities: Niche- fundamental vs. realized, invasive species, symbiosis + coevolution.

✽✽ Practice Sheets (Classwork and Homework) include: ✽✽
Introductory Ecology
-What is an Ecosystem?
-Primary Succession Cut-n-Paste Timeline
-Ecological Succession of a Pond

Energy Flow
-Energy Flow in Ecosystems
-Food Web Visual Vibes

Population Growth
-Population Growth
-Population Growth and Data
-Predation or Starvation?

Biogeochemical cycles
Drawing Biogeochemical Cycles
Biogeochemical Cycles and You

✽✽ Interactive Notebook Activities ✽✽
There are 15+ activities to choose from- designed for INBs or can be used as independent projects.

✽✽ Ecology Web Quests ✽✽
4 Web Quests (Food Web Web Quest; Human Population Growth; What's in a Niche; Invasive Species)
Study Guides (2)
Jeopardy Review Game


2016 Vanessa Jason Biology Roots
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