The Biomes of the World

• PICTURES TO COMMENT
• Videoplaylist:  BIOMES
• Biomes of the world by 

  

  ducksters
  
  
  
  PROJECT...
  

  1. You can choose among the seven topics below
  2. All topics must be covered. There should be 2 or 3 projects on each topic 
  3. Let me know your topic through this form. FORMULARIO
  4. The teacher will assign topics. 
  5. Topics to cover 

  Fresh water ecosystems:

  • still water (lentic ecosystems)
  • lagos y lagunas (lakes and lagoons)
  • zonas pantanosas (wetlands, marshes)
  • running water (lotic ecosystiems): rivers and streams

  
  

  Sea water ecosystems 
  

  • zona intermareal (intertidal zone)
  • the shallow ocean (the continental shelf = plataforma continental)
  • the bathyal zone and abyssal plains (zona batial entre 1000-4000m; llanura abisal en fondos de 4000m)
  • coral reefs (arrecifes de coral)

  
  

  • DIRECTIONS (instrucciones) FOR THE PROJECT. Download the file

  
  STUDENTS & PROJECTS
  
  

  

  Rubrics to assess your project & presentation

  • OSCAR will work on "the oceanic bathyal zone and abyssal plains"
  • LAURA on "coral reefs"
  • JUAN S. on "the oceanic bathyal zone and abyssal plains"
  • MARTA on "the intertidal zone"
  • ALAN on "the intertidal zone" as well 
  • JUAN P. on "lakes and lagoons"  
  • DANIEL will work on "coral reefs"
  • LIDIA on "lakes and lagoons"
  • CRISTINA will work on "the continental shelf" (la plataforma continental)
  • ANGEL on "wetlands and marshes" (zonas pantanosas) 
  • BEATRIZ will work on "the continental shelf"
  • ANA CRISTINA will work on "rivers and streams"
  • JESÚS will work on "rivers and streams" as well
  • SERGIO on "wetlands and marshes
  • JAVIER will work on "coral reefs"

DIRECTIONS (instrucciones) FOR THE PROJECT. Download the file