Twelfth graders explore the world’s biomes — large regions defined by their climate and characteristic life, from tropical rainforests to frozen tundra — and how temperature and precipitation shape which organisms can live where.
Students will be able to…
Why is the Amazon a lush rainforest, the Sahara a barren desert, and the Arctic a frozen tundra? Climate — mostly temperature and rainfall — shapes each region’s life into a biome.
Project this and match each biome to its key feature — tap a biome, then tap what defines it.
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Why lush rainforest here, frozen tundra there? What shapes it?
Students investigate.
Students explain.
Students elaborate.
Students conclude.
Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (High School Earth & Environmental Science).
Analyze factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems.
Explain biodiversity across ecosystems.
Explain how climate shapes Earth’s systems.
Developing and using models.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students use a climatograph (a graph of temperature and rainfall) to identify which biome a location belongs to. A printable biomes sheet is in the Science library.
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