World Biomes

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Introduction
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Lesson Schedule I

• 8.Sep Introduction to Biomes. Classification
  and distribution.
• 15.Sep Climate factors
• 22.Sep Climate diagrams
• 29.Sep Rainforest
• 6.Oct Rainforest
• 13.Oct Tropical deciduous forest
• 20.Oct Test
• 27.Oct Savannah
• 10.Nov Savannah
• 17.Nov Desert and semidesert
• 24.Nov Desert and semidesert
• 1.Dec Mediterranean shrub
• 8.Dec Mediterranean shrub
• 15.Dec Test
• 22.Dec Temperate Grassland
• 12.Jan Temperate Grassland
• 19.Jan Temperate deciduous forest
• 26.Jan Temperate deciduous forest. Temperate
  rainforest.

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Lesson Schedule II

• 2.Feb Subtropical evergreen forest
• 9.Feb Coniferous forest
• 16.Feb Coniferous forest
• 23.Feb Tundra
• 2.Mar Tundra
• 9.Mar Glacial ice caps
• 16.Mar Test
• 30.Mar Alpine areas
• 13.Apr Alpine areas
• 20.Apr Fresh water environments
• 27.Apr Maritime environments
• 4.May Coral reefs
• 11.May Test
• 18.May PowerPoint presentations/Visiting
  Botanical Garden
• 25.May PowerPoint presentations/Visiting Zoo or
  Zoological Museum
• 1.June PowerPoint presentations/Teamwork
• 1.June Movie

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World Biomes
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What is a Biome?

• A biome is a large geographical area of
  distinctive plant and animal groups, which are
  adapted to that particular environment. The
  climate and geography of a region determines what
  type of biome can exist in that region.

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To understand a world biome, you need to know

• What the climate of the region is like.
• Where each biome is found and what its geography
  is like.
• The soil order(s) that characterize the biome and
  those processes involved in soil development.
• The special adaptations of the vegetation.
• The types of animals found in the biome and their
  physical and behavioural adaptations to their
  environment.
• Human adaptation

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Biomes
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