Project Format

• Slide background is to be a single pale color—NO extra designs

• All text must be a single solid dark color• All titles are in Arial font, bold text, 44 point• No text smaller than Arial font, bold text, 28

point • Citation for picture and graphs must on a slide

below the object and are to be Arial 8 point

Project Requirements

1. Geographical locations-(map) and specific examples where found (2 slides)

2. Monthly averages of Rainfall and Temperature in climatograph (1 slide)

3. Physical features (1-2 slides)4. Four types of animals and four types of

plants with pictures and scientific names (2 slides)

5. Biome Food Chain with pictures (1-2 slides)6. Four interesting/unusual facts (1-2 slides)7. References (1-2 slides)

References you are to use

• http://library.thinkquest.org/C0113340/text/biomes/biomes.tundra.animals.adaptations.html

• http://www.mbgnet.net/index.html• http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/

table_of_contents.htm• http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/

geog101/textbook/climate_systems/outline.html

How to do APA citation for Web Pages

List as much of the following information as possible (you sometimes have to hunt around to find the information; don't be lazy. If there is a page like http://www.somesite.com/somepage.htm, and somepage.html doesn't have the information you're looking for, move up the URL to http://www.somesite.com/):

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http://Web address

Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5). How to do APA citations. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

NOTE: When an Internet document is more than one Web page, provide a URL that links to the home page or entry page for the document. Also, if there isn't a date available for the document use (n.d.) for no date.

Biome Project Example ppt.

Name

Date

Period

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm

Topical Rain Forest

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/rainforest.htm

Topical Rain Forest

Central America in the Amazon river basin.

Africa - Zaire basin, with a small area in

West Africa; also eastern Madagascar.

Indo-Malaysia - west coast of India, Assam,

Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Queensland, Australia

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/images/atmosphere/climate/climographs/barrow.jpg

Tundra Biome

Physical features

• PH of soil and soil quality• Terrain features (mountains, rivers, lakes)• Humidity• Elevation• Controlling features• etc.

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/alpine_plant_page.htm

Common Name(s): Silky Phacelia, Purple FringeGenus: PhaceliaSpecies: sericea

Plant and Animal Slidesuse the format above to make:Two slide with 2 plants eachTwo slides with 2 animals each

Biome Food Chain

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/desert/index.htm

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/desert/index.htm

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/desert/index.htm

4 Interesting/Unusual Facts

• Your choice what goes here

References

Ritter, Michael E. (2006). The Physical Environment: an Introduction to Physical Geography. Retrieved 5-Oct-10 from http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/title_page.html

Missouri Botanical Garden. (2002). Grasslands. Retrieved 7-Oct-10 from http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/grasslnd/index.htm