<p> Biome Postcards Project</p><p>In groups you will create 8 postcards to represent the characteristics of the terrestrial biomes. Your 9th card will be a recipe of your Bounty of the Biomes Food item. 8 biomes 1. Taiga (Boreal Forest) 5. Chaparral 8. Tropical Rainforest 2. Temperate Rainforest 6. Deserts (both Hot & 3. Temperate Deciduous Forest Cold) 4. Grasslands 7. Savanna PART I: Postcard Requirements – must be 5”X7” cards (DUE ______) 1. FRONT: a. Collage of Pictures (or hand-drawn pictures) of the Flora/Fauna/Landscape in your biome – IN COLOR!! b. World Distribution (cut out the world maps below and shade the area covered in your biome) c. Climatograph for your biome (as the postcard’s stamp) – should be about the same size as the world map 2. BACK: a. Name of Biome b. Relative Productivity (Low, Medium, or High? Explain why!) c. Climate Info  Average Annual Temperature (°F)  Average Precipitation (cm)  Relative Insolation (Low, Medium, or High? Explain why!) d. List of the types of plants and animals found in this biome e. Limiting Factors f. Human Impacts on this biome</p><p>PART II: Bounty of the Biomes Recipe Card & Food Item (DUE ______) You must create a home-made food item representative of any biome you choose. It may be a food that comes from your biome or a food that’s decorated to look like your biome. Creativity Counts! If you choose store-bought food, you will lose points. The final card in your project should include a recipe of your food item and a few sentences briefly explaining how it represents your biome t P s t e s t r ) e s R B r o e d l r o F</p><p> f o o I O s l s f n c d i / a a O u n</p><p>1. ______t r a i n n a o r o J i a a n g R a l h</p><p> i d a M R s ( p i E</p><p> a e</p><p> v s t a l c s T a a a a e t</p><p>2. ______h r r r c C S E i C D e e G</p><p> s p . p e o p T m r</p><p>3. ______D e m T e T 4. ______T Pictures of Flora/Fauna/Landscape / 5 Climatogram / 5 s</p><p> d World Distribution / 5 r</p><p> a Productivity w/ explanation / 5 C</p><p> e Climate (temp, precip, insolation) / 5 m o</p><p> i Plants & Animals / 5 B Limiting Factors / 5 Human Impacts / 5 Overall Card Cohesiveness for the group / 5 GROUP PARTICIPATION GRADE / 15</p><p> y t</p><p> n Food Item: Creative: YES NO u o B</p><p> s Biome: GOOD description of relevance/connection: YES NO </p><p> e / 10 m o i</p><p>B Description Card included in Project? YES NO Recipe Included: YES NO</p><p> f o TOTAL SCORE / 70</p>