Biome+Project

Biome Project Product Descriptor
The end product for this project is going to be a 2 page magazine article. You will present this article to a small group of students in order to answer some overall discussion questions about the state our planet’s biomes.

You will be assigned one of the biomes below. Your task is to determine the significant environmental impacts on your biome and to determine the future outlook for your biome over the next twenty years. You will need to address the following components in your article.

• Provide a summary of the significant environmental problems and the causes of those problems • Provide background for your readers about the climatic and vegetative characteristics for your biome. • Discuss which climatic and/or geographic factors contribute to the environmental problem • Your article needs to demonstrate your understanding of the characteristic plant and animal life for your biome • Discuss the most significant impacts to the living things in the biome • Provide a future outlook for the next 20 years for your Biome • Identify political and/or social sides to this problem, including any controversy surrounding them

Find at least **3 resources** for your research. You will need a **bibliography** in MLA attached to your article (including all images). 1. One needs to be a backgrounder for your biome, your textbook is a good place to start 2. One resource needs to identify current environmental issues (within the last 2 years) 3. Other resources should help you with the future outlook and clarifying the contributing factors to the problem.

 Final Product: You can use any tool you need to create an electronic version of your article. It could be online as a web page, or a wiki page, or a pdf of a document you create on your computer. You will turn these in electronically.  Rubric

**Biomes:**
 * 1) Tundra/Arctic
 * 2) Oceans
 * 3) Rainforest
 * 4) Coral Reefs
 * 5) Everglades/Wetlands/Estuaries
 * 6) Coniferous Forests (Taiga)
 * 7) Savannah/ Grasslands
 * 8) Temperate deciduous forest

Research
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