Grade+4



Click the text above to access the historical fiction page

Boys and girls, we will be using the information that we found in our cyber hunt to help us create a presentation on the the biome that you selected to base your research on. However, as this project progresses, we will continue to add on to our knowledge by visiting other sites to collect more information. The sites below are some of the additional resources we will be using to help us with our research.

We will add on to our knowledge of the animals that live in our biome by choosing one and researching how it has adapted to live in its environment. We will be conductin a Google search, so choosing appropriate key words to help us find exactly what we are searching for is key. Click on the link below to access the Google Kids Page. []

Food chains are a natural order in which plants and animals depend on one another. There are many terms that go along with food chains that we will explore in the following activities (producer, consumer, decomposer, herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, predator, and prey). For today's assignment, your job is to not only learn about food chains in general, but you are to focus in on a food chain that could be found in the biome you are basing your project one. The way that we will be gathering information today, will be in a different and fun way. Instead of reading text, we will be watching videos and playing games! So... learn and have fun! First, watch this BrainPOP Movie, "Food Chains" to learn more about them. [|http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/foodchains] [|/]

Second, you may play a few games to find out how a food chain works and the relationship between plants and animals. [] If you need more resources, check out the additional links below. Another movie... (Select "Food Chains") [] Tundra and Temperate Forest Food Chain Game []

__Finally, record a food chain that can be found in your biome. Please put this on your note page! __



A Cyber Hunt is a scavenger hunt on the web. There are many different types. We will be hunting for facts about the //The Earth's Biomes//. We will click on the links provided which will take us to a site full of information. We will then need to search for the information needed to complete a series of questions. Remember to stay focused on the task, good luck! This year we will focus on some of the Common Core Standards of writing in technology. Basic keyboarding skills is vital in helping us to successfully tackle these standards because it will allow us to communicate our ideas more efficiently and effectively. Therefore, we will spend some time now and throughout the school year using programs that will help us to improve these skills. Click on the link below to access a website that will allow us to do just that.

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