Biomes+Ellen,+Kate)

__Planning Guide__

Content: (What do you want students to know and be able to do?)  Students will identify the basics of the six biomes and define and explain characteristics like location, climate, vegetation and organisms.

Pedagogy: Cooperative learning, Graphic Organizers, Nonlinguistic Representation The biomes will be taught by using a webquest so students may discover the information on their own. Student groups will collaborate and discuss to define and explain characteristics like location, climate, vegetation and organisms through visual representation of a chart.

Technology: Students will use the Internet to complete webquest to research biomes and select reusable images to reproduce original student work.

__Next Steps__

What next steps will you take to implement this lesson? All work was completed today and it is ready for implementation

Timeline: When are you planning to implement the lesson? Within the next few weeks

Follow Ups: Any other questions or concerns?None at this time