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Starter: Put your headphones, turn up the volume, switch the lights off and watch the 360° YouTube video below. It is filmed in one of the biomes that you are going to learn about. 


Introduction to Ecosystems & Biomes
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Objective: To find out where the global biomes are located and what life is like within these biomes. 
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Starter:  Click on the orange tab below to be taken to the BiomeViewer app. 
biomeViewer app
familiarisation task - biomeviewer

​Complete the familiarization tasks following the instructions on the worksheet above - click on the grey tab. 



Task 1
- Click here (or here for a version in Spanish) to read a little more about biomes, ecosystems and habitats. Read the information carefully and complete the activities on the worksheet below. 
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Task 1 - biomes ecosystems & habitats Worksheet

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​Task 2 - Using the information from the videos below, as well as the climate graphs, complete the first two pages of the worksheet. 
task 2  & 3 worksheet - characteristics of global biomes
Tundra Google
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chaparal google
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tropical google
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taiga google
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deserts google
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temperate google
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savanna google
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Task 3 - Complete the third page of the worksheet above completing all tasks. Use this link from the BBC to help you with the locations task. 
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    • Don't Panic - The Truth About Population
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    • IB Sample Lesson 2017
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    • Theme 1 Population & Settlement.
    • Theme 2 - Natural Environment
    • Theme 3 - Economic Development
    • Coursework >
      • IGCSE Berlin Fieldwork
      • IGCSE Rivers France
      • IGCSE Barcelona Fieldwork
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  • Grade 6
    • G6 Factfulness
    • Introducing Tectonics
    • Volcanoes
    • Earthquakes
    • The New Silk Road
    • Map Skills
    • Tornadoes
    • The Ice Man
    • Landscape in a Box >
      • 2016 Efforts
      • 2012 Efforts >
        • 7X
        • 7Y
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    • Geography of My Stuff
    • Another Shopping Centre?
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    • Walls
    • Carcassonne Connection
    • Renaissance Day
    • End of Year Exam
  • Grade 8
    • G8 Factfulness
    • Global Development
    • Geography & Music
    • Global Biomes
    • Climate & Rainforest
    • The Tribe
    • Palm Oil & Me >
      • Palm Oil Assessment
    • Introducing Waterfalls
    • Tourism Blessing or Curse?
    • Niagara Redeveloped DME
    • IGCSE Options
    • End of Year Exam