Distinct Environments

Starting next week, we will begin to study 5 distinct environments.


Check out our Blendspace top see what we've been watching in class this week!


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Desert                            



Tropical Rainforest





Swamps



Polar Tundra





Rivers and Streams





In class we will be using textbooks, National Geographic resources, video clips, Power Point Presentations, and library books to conduct research for each environment. Each student will be responsible for researching all 5 environments. They will complete a graphic organizer for each.


Topics for each environment include:

• climate & temperature
• water
• plants
• animals

The research will then be used to create a brochure that they will use to try to persuade people to visit each of these environments.


Final brochures will be completed on the computer and our tentative completion date is Tuesday, November 25th.

How do we affect the environment?

Humans can have both a positive and negative effect on our environment. Unfortunately, we do more bad than good but we have been reading some stories and talking about how we can make improvements. We have also talked about how our perspective of the Earth has changed over the years. Below are some stories we have read and some reflection posters we created. There will be more reflection pieces to come.