With started our morning with Mrs. Pendergast, the guest fabric artist who is leading our students in a huge quilt-making project with a focus on climate change. Today, students drew a shape onto a small piece of fabric, then practiced using fabric markers and 3-D paint to see how these materials will respond on fabric. Then they designed their quilt square for tomorrow, when they will put things together.
After lunch, they worked hard on their biome research projects, adding to Book Creator. They were given a checklist to help keep them on track. (see below)
BIOMES & Non-Fiction Book Features Using BOOK CREATOR CHECKLIST
Biome:
______________________________________________ Your name: _______________
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Criteria
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Description
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Dates worked on
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Date completed
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Research booklet
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with information recorded is to be submitted;
info should be in note form, not full sentences
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BOOK CREATOR:
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Title and Author; SAVED
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Cover / Title page
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Title page is attractive and inviting. Contains: name of
biome, your name, and a picture
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Table of Contents
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*To be completed once the book has been finished
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Definition &
Location
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A clear definition of your biome, including climate and any
distinguishing features; explanation of location(s), including latitude
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Map
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World map showing areas of your biome
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Climate
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Description of climate; seasons
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Landforms
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Key landforms specific to your biome
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Flora (plants)
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Specific to your biome; this may differ depending upon location in the
world
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Fauna (animals)
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As above; no need to list all
of the fauna, just key or distinctive ones
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Indigenous peoples
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Key nations or tribes specific to your biome
(Eg. Inuit in the Tundra in Canada; different name in Russia?
Scandinavia?
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Pictures (from online)
Pictures (from books)
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1000X1000 resolution; no watermarks
Not blurry; only photo visible
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Captions
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Pictures should include a caption about where it is or what it is
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Venn Diagram
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Of either climate vs weather, biome vs ecosystem, or specifics to your
biome (Eg. tropical rainforest vs temperate rainforest; grasslands vs
savanna…)
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Graph
Interesting facts
Labelled diagram
Glossary
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These items are optional! You
may wish to include them… or not.
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Composition, vocabulary
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Words should be your own; no plagiarizing!
Avoid scientific language and vocabulary that does not sound like you
speaking.
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Style
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No emojis, jokes, or funny remarks
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Conventions
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Edit your work for complete sentences, punctuation, capitals where
appropriate
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Presentation
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Pages should look nice, have attractive backgrounds, and an
easy-to-read font.
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