Biome- in- a Box project
This week there will be no official homework as the children have been doing tests all week. However, I would like the children to start collating their things for our biome- in -a -box Art/DT project which is closely connected to our geography topic: Biomes
The children will be working in pairs and may choose from the following land biomes:
- Tundra
- Taiga (coniferous forest)
- Desert
- Temperate deciduous forest
- Tropical rain forest
- Grassland/savannah
They will need a shoe box or other similar sized lidded box by next Friday.
We will be making our biome in school creating a background on the back and sides of the box that may be painted, drawn or coloured or made of printed pictures. We will be starting these next Friday 27th November.
The children will need to think about the floor of their box and what is a suitable covering.
The children need to think about the landscape, the plants/ trees that grow there and show some animal species that live in their biome. They may wish to include human habitation within the biome.
In school we have tissue paper, newspaper, coloured paper, paint, glue etc. We will be looking at how to create paper trees and bushes, and how to get 2D animals etc to stand up. However, the children may wish to bring from home small plastic animals, fake grass, sand or anything else to portray their biome correctly. All these small extras do not need to be in next week, but I wanted to give you ample warning!
I have attached some pictures so you know the type of thing we are aiming for and there are some super you-tube videos on how to build a biome in a box diorama to get some ideas
Biomes -in -a -box pictures