Design a Biome Terrarium

Students will work together to design biome terrariums using Tinkercad. This lesson is a fun introduction to open-ended, collaborative, and creative problem-solving skills students will use as they learn about the United Nations Sustainable Goal for Life on Land.

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Design a Biome Terrarium

(A) practice personal skills including following directions, needed to successfully implement design process and (B) use a design process with components such as asking questions, brainstorming, or sstoryboarding to identify and solve authentic problems with adult assistance.

Demonstration of Learning

SWBAT takes an active role in learning by using a design process to solve authentic problems for a local or global audience, using a variety of technologies.

Learning Objective

Design a Biome Terrarium

Open Ended

How can nature protect us from pandemics?

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What role can humans play in protecting, restoring, and promote sustainable use of our ecosystems? (Draw your response)

Open Ended

What do you know about deforestation?

Biomes

​Let's Research about them

“Biomes” are a community of animals, plants, and other organisms that naturally live together in a specific ecological habitat. Begin researching biomes to find out about their importance on earth and the threats that exist in terms of climate change and human activity.
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MBGnet

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Draw

Sketch Your Design for a Biome

Use the graphing paper to sketch your design and draw it here.

Open Ended

What is your sustainable mini-goal?

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What type of biome will you represent?

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Where is your biome located?

Find your name on the next pages

Type in the class code and your nickname that is given on the page to access the 3D Image Platform.
Class Code https://www.tinkercad.com/joinclass/X45FZXMGR

Click on the link to start your own Biome

Please click on the link on the next page to start your own Biome.

Starter Terra biome

• Starter Desert biome

• Starter Grassland biome

• Starter Tundra biome

Design a Biome Terrarium - Tinkercad

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DOL
10 minutes

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What three species can you name from your biome?

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Draw two shapes you used to create your biome.

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What is one interesting fact that you learned about your biome that you would like to share?

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How did you use creative problem solving in your design?