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North America Biome Curriculum

Here is a guide for studying the North American continent by biomes. It can be used as a template for other continents. What you will find in the chapters that cover each biome are imaginative journeys to be narrated, points of interest for field trips to the biome or suggested simulations, art projects, science experiments, and experiential activities. In addition, each chapter introduces lesson presentations for the parts of plants and animals in that biome using the nomenclature cards that come with the curriculum. One of the most engaging activities that came out of this work has been the animal narratives. Each chapter includes a narration of animal behavior indicative of the biome. The children are assigned parts at the onset and must listen for their cues and the behavior they are to act out. Children learn so much about the animals, their habits and adaptations, predator/prey roles, and how they live together. It stays with them because they were invovled. The curriculum seeks to integrate geography with science, language, the arts and, even, math.


North America Biome Curriculum-Primary »
The primary version of the curriculum includes most of the nomenclature mentioned in the elementary version with the exception of some of the more complicated plant cycles like the moss. The primary nomenclature has a large picture card labeled at the bottom with a separate label and a second picture card with a description on the back.
155NAC
$65.00
North America Biome Curriculum-Elementary »
The elementary version includes nomenclature with a picture, definition and label. All cards are labeled and numbered on the back for identification and control of error. The layers of each biome are explored down into the soils which develop differently according to moisture and temperature. The surface of the biome may have many layers such as in the tropical forest. You will find an animal for each biome as well as plants that are especially adapted. In the temperate forest, we take the opportunity to study the parts of a tree, the cross-section of a tree, the parts of a bud and the parts of a mushroom. The mountains make us wonder how they happened so we study the layers of the earth where magma has a role in the formation of the different types of mountains. The parts of a volcano are relevant here.
150NAC
$65.00