Biome Presentations

In groups of 3-4, students researched 7 different biomes: rainforest, boreal forest, ocean, African savanna, American prairie, desert, and tundra.  After becoming an "expert" on their biome, the groups created a poster and presented to 7-8 students from other biome groups!

Here is DJ presenting about the rainforest.  DJ also found a cool National Geographic poster with information, photos, a map, and diagrams detailing the rainforest!

Avery taught about the tundra...

Zoey did a great job with her boreal forest poster...

Every student, like Max here, listened politely and intently to their classmates and took detailed notes about each biome.

Here's a close-up of a poster:

Lots of information on this Savanna poster!

Presenting in front of these small groups is great practice for giving speeches in front of the whole class!  It also is great for getting insight on how teachers try to hold the attention of 23 people at once ;)

Larissa is answering a question for Eddie.  It was so cute to see them raise their hands respectfully to ask questions of the presenters!

These types of projects and presentations really help with speaking and listening skills (a new standard in Common Core) as well as teamwork, summarizing information, finding main ideas and details, understanding informational texts, and more!

These 7-, 8-, and 9- year olds sure impressed me with their hard work!