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BiomeViewer

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Topic

  • Ecology
  • Biomes
  • Environmental Science
  • Human Population & Impacts
  • Conservation

Resource Type

  • Interactive Media
  • Click & Learn

Level

High School — GeneralHigh School — AP/IBCollege
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Description

This interactive module explores biomes, climate, biodiversity, and human impacts around the globe and at different times.

Are there frogs on Mount Everest? What is the weather like in the Congo Basin in February? Do any endangered species live in my neighborhood? This data-rich Click & Learn allows students to investigate answers to these questions and many others. They can “drop a pin” in any location to see historic climate data, detailed wildlife descriptions, stunning pictures, and more. They can also explore global trends in natural features and human activities, including how patterns of human settlement and agriculture have changed the planet since 1700.

The accompanying “Student Worksheet” guides students’ exploration. It introduces the various types of data in BiomeViewer, and delves deeper into biodiversity data and human impacts on the environment.

The “Resource Google Folder” link directs to a Google Drive folder of resource documents in the Google Docs format. Not all downloadable documents for the resource may be available in this format. The Google Drive folder is set as “View Only”; to save a copy of a document in this folder to your Google Drive, open that document, then select File → “Make a copy.” These documents can be copied, modified, and distributed online following the Terms of Use listed in the “Details” section below, including crediting BioInteractive.  

Student Learning Targets

  • Make observations and inferences based on patterns across biomes.
  • Make evidence-based claims for how human disturbances could have impacted biodiversity in different biomes.

Estimated Time

One to two 50-minute class periods.

Key Terms

anthrome, climatogram, ecosystem, precipitation, rainfall, species, temperature, terrain, vegetation

Terms of Use

Please see the Terms of Use for information on how this resource can be used.

Accessibility Level (WCAG compliance)

PDF files meet criteria.

Version History

Date Published 12.20.16
Date Updated 04.30.20

NGSS (2013)

HS-LS2-6, HS-ESS2-2, HS-ESS2-4; SEP2

AP Biology (2019)

SYI-2.B, SYI-2.C; SP2, SP6

IB Biology (2016)

4.1

AP Environmental Science (2020)

Topic(s): 1.2, 2.1, 9.10
Learning Objectives & Practices: ERT-1.B, ERT-2.A, EIN-4.C, SP1, SP2, SP5, SP7

IB Environmental Systems and Societies (2017)

1.2, 2.2

Common Core (2010)

ELA.RST.9-12.2, ELA.WHST.9-12.9

Vision and Change (2009)

CC5; DP3, DP4

Materials

Resource Google Folder (link)
Student Worksheet (PDF) 533 KB
iOS App - iPad (Link) 289.4 MB

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