Format
1. Introduction to the National Park Service
2. Introduction to Alaska
3. Boreal Forest discussion
4. Arctic Tundra discussion
5. Wrap-up
6. Questions and answers
Objectives
Students will be able to:
1. Define biome.
2. Name the two biomes of northern Alaska.
3. Describe 2 or more non-living factors that affect the boreal forest and the tundra.
4. List 4 animals that live in the boreal forest and the tundra.
5. Explain one reason that these biomes are important to them.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
ELA-LITERACY -- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.5.SL.1 -- Speaking and ListeningCommon Core Standard:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.5.SL.1 - Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Next Generation Science Standards:
MS-LS2-1 - Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-4 - Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
MS-LS2-2 - Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
State Standards
N/A