Inquiries

Listed are inquiry-based activities relating to biomes:

"Bits of Biomes"
- [] In "Bits of Biomes", students collect climatic data on selected cities within each biome. They use spreadsheets to explore their patterns in their climatic data. Climatic data in different biomes are compared. Student groups research characteristics of their biome. These include people and culture, animal life (vertebrates and invertebrates), plant life and economic conditions. Each student group contributes a section to a class "World Travel Book". The "World Travel Book" can be a class media project, powerpoint presentation, Web site, or a traditional paper book.
 * Bits of Biomes** has been developed for a middle school grade science curriculum (appropriate for grades 5-8). This Web-based resource can be used in a variety of instructional settings: one-computer classroom, three-computer classroom, networking-computer caart containing numerous computers, or even a classroom with no computers. In a classroom with no computers, students can obtain data from the school library.
 * //Middle School Web Activity//**: []

="Biome Bazaar"= http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/00-2/lesson0021.shtml

This lesson involves students creating activities which represent their group's biome. It is a "field trip" in which student's visit various biomes and learn about certain aspects of the biome through hands-on/interactive activities.

**"Ecology Issue Project"**
- borrowed from a classmate's wiki, Vivie GREAT Inquiry-based project!! []

Interactive Games on Biomes
These are fun interactive games borrowed from a classmate on the wiki Hondurassmike.

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 * Matching game with biomes and descriptions **