tuvilleja, jahlen m. TERRESTRIAL BIOME September 3, 2012

I. OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON

A. COGNITIVE

1. Enumerate and describe the different Terrestrial Biomes.

B. PSYCHOMOTOR

1. Recognize the different Terrestrial Biomes through images.

C. AFFECTIVE

1. Express understanding of the different Terrestrial Biomes.

2. Share insights of how to maintain a biome.

II. MOTIVATION STRATEGY

Form the students to be into four to five groups. Have a game of charade. The words that will

be picked are terms related to the topic (e.g. temperature, cold, wet, etc.) The winning group

gets a prize.

Have the students recognize animals/plants that will be represented through pictures or

sounds.

III. INTRODUCTION OF THE LESSON

Initiate the first motivation. In lesson proper, deliver the topic in a PowerPoint Presentation.

Let the students read some of the lesson. To be more interesting, they need to read it in

accented-way like British or Chinese or whichever they like.

IV. DEVELOPMENT OF THE LESSON

Wladimir Koeppen – a well-known proponent of classifying the world’s biomes

TERRESTRIAL BIOMES

a) Tundra is a treeless region in a cold climate with a short growing season.

b) Taiga is an extensive northern biome occurring in moist climates with cold winters.

c) Temperate deciduous forests are dominated by a large variety of broad-leaved trees in

relatively moist, temperate climates.

d) Temperate rain forests are characterized by mild winters and an abundance of rain.

e) Temperate grasslands occur under climatic conditions that are between those that produce

forests and deserts.

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f) Tropical savanna and grassland. Savannas are grasslands with scattered individual trees

that do not form a closed canopy.

g) Chaparral is a temperate biome that develops in environments where precipitation varies

widely from season to season.

h) Deserts occur in either temperate or tropical climates. They commonly are found in the

centers of continents and in rain shadows of mountains (a dry region on the side of a

mountain sheltered from rain).

i) Tropical deciduous forest is similar to tropical rainforest and found at the same latitudes,

but rainy and dry seasons are more distinct and the total amount of rainfall is usually less.

j) Evergreen tropical rain forests occur in tropical climates with abundant precipitation and no

seasonal drought.

k) Ice cap is a large body of land ice that forms when large snowfalls and low temperatures

encourage the transformation of snow into ice.

V. GENERALIZATION/SUMMARIZING THE LESSON/EVALUATION

Group the students into six to seven groups. The activity will be a puzzle. The Biomes – Tundra,

Boreal Forest (Taiga), Temperate Forest, Temperate grassland, Desert, Tropical Savanna, Tropical

Forest, Tropical Rainforest – will be written on a piece of paper and each group will randomly pick

one. Whatever biome they picked will be the one they need to arrange in a landscape photo in which

there assigned biome.

Sample: TEMPERATE FOREST

Avg. Precipitation:

75-150 cm/yr

Temp. Range: -30C - 30C

Geographic Location:

South of Boreal Forests in eastern N America, eastern Asia, Australia, Europe

Animals: deer, rabbit, squirrel, bear

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VI. MATERIALS/VISUAL AIDS TO BE USED

PowerPoint Presentation – laptop via LCD Projector

Some printed pictures for the activities.

VII. REFERENCES

http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/terrestrial-biomes-13236757

http://www.galeschools.com/environment/biomes/overview.htm

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/teach/habitat_descriptions.html

http://www.eoearth.org/article/Terrestrial_biome

http://quizlet.com/12305377/terrestrial-biome-flash-cards/

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