Biome Dodecahedron
Introduction:
Are you ready to explore your world? Are you adventurous? Do you want to protect the
environment and the unique organisms that live here?
Biomes are defined as the world's major communities. Each community is defined by the climate,
vegetation, and organisms that have adapted to life in that particular climate. The importance of
biomes can not be underestimated. Biomes have changed and moved many times during the
history of life on Earth. Recently, human activities have drastically changed these communities.
An understanding of these ecosystems and the conservation and preservation of these biomes
should be a concern to us all.
Your Task:
SAVE OUR WORLD! WANTED ENVIRONMENTALISTS to explore Earth's
Biomes The Blue Planet Foundation is accepting informational dodecahedrons
and will donate $100,000 to save a Biome! It's your world! You can make a
difference!
In order to accomplish this task you must investigate one of the following biomes
and create a dodecahedron.
Tundra
Temperate Rain Forest
Marine
Coniferous Forest
Temperate Grassland
Tropical
Grassland/Savanna Fresh
water
Temperate Deciduous
Forest
Desert
Chapparal
Tropical
Rainforest
Directions:
1. You will randomly choose a biome to explore.
2. Read through ALL directions and divide up the tasks to complete you
dodecahedron.
3. Your dodecahedron is numbered and those numbers correspond to the topics
/requirements below.
4. You should use your textbook, library books, and internet as your resources.
Parts of the dodecahedron:
1. Title plece (place the Name of your blome, a picture of your blome, and your name.)
2. Describe and Identify the location of your blome on a map.
3. Identify ablotic factors that define your blome such as weather patterns, temperature, and
rainfall, soll conditions.
4. Research and include pictures of three typical producers and their adaptations.
5. Identify typical consumers-Include one herbivore (describe Its adaptation).
6. Identify typical consumers-Include one omnivore (describe its adaptation).
7. Identify typical consumers-Include one carnivore (describe Its adaptations).
8. Illustrate & LABEL a typical food chain found in this blome (must describe predator/prey
relationships).
9. Illustrate & LABEL a typical food web found in this blome.
10. Identify threats to the ecosystem and at least two endangered species. Include pictures of
threats and endangered species.
11. Describe conservation efforts being taken to protect the blome or the endangered species.
12. Include three-five Interesting or unusual facts about your ecosystem.