Biomes

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Key Components - pictures of biome and iconic species (3 different pictures representing biome), desk reporter, field reporter, 3-4 min script addressing main academic topics.
 * Biome project: New Anchor/Correspondent Field Report**

Academic topics to include: General characteristics - global locations, abundance, climate connected to latitude and global precipitation belts, precipitation patterns, soil types threats to biome, available resources, plant/animal life examples (iconic species as well as less well known species) and adaptations, human interaction, climatogram data List of Biomes media type="file" key="Biomes News Flash Example.wmv" width="300" height="300" Nature Sounds More nature sound tracks World Biomes from UC Berkeley World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) - Our Earth main page WWF-List of Ecoregions (Specific examples of biomes/ecosystems) World Biomes
 * 1) Tropical Rain Forest
 * 2) Temperate Rain Forest
 * 3) Temperate Deciduous Forest
 * 4) Taiga (aka Boreal Forest)
 * 5) Tropical Savanna/Seasonal Forest
 * 6) Temperate Grassland
 * 7) Chaparral
 * 8) Mountain (aka Alpine)
 * 9) Deserts
 * 10) Tundra
 * 11) Lakes and Ponds
 * 12) Freshwater Wetlands (Swamp/Marsh)
 * 13) Rivers
 * 14) Coastal Wetlands (Estuaries, Salt Marshes, Mangrove Swamps, or Rocky/Sandy Shores)
 * 15) Coral Reefs
 * 16) Oceans (Open Oceans, Arctic/Antarctic Ecosystems, or Benthic/Abyssal)
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