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The Blue Marble- Biome Mini-Project

As part of our Integrated unit, The Blue Marble, Grade 3/4 students had the opportunity to research, collect and present information about different biomes on Earth. 

Students worked collaboratively, with a partner or small group, to complete a mini-project in which they became experts in one of the following biomes.

Students were guided about the type of information to research through the exploration of the activities in the table below. 

Students were asked to choose 5 activities to complete, and had the freedom to present their findings in any way they chose. It was wonderful to see students’ creative side in the varying formats their information was presented. From start to finish, students’ engagement levels were high, and it was clear that they enjoyed this mini-project!

‘A biome has a different habitat and ecosystem to other biomes. They have unique animals and plants. There are different climates in different biomes. Some biomes we explored were, tropical rainforest, tundra, marine/freshwater, savannah/grasslands, temperate forests and deserts. Some features are the same and different to other biomes like snow in the tundra and sand in the desert. We found it very interesting to learn that there are so many biomes.'

• ‘It was exciting and fun’ - Mason
• ‘I really enjoyed it because it was fun’- Paige
• ‘I like how there was different activities to choose’- Anonymous
• 'It was fun designing the diorama' - Ethan and Peter
• 'It was different to the other projects that we have done' - Eveline and Ava
• 'It was very fun and interesting' - Scarlet 
• 'It was a good experience to collaborate'- Ryan, Abby and Julian 
• 'Since we collaborated well, we made a lot of good work' - Yuvaan, Paris and Ben