This year, the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes got together to do an end of the year project which we named Biome Bonanza. We put the students into mixed grade level groups, and had each group choose a biome to study. Once biomes were assigned, the 5th graders researched the biome itself and created a trifold, the 3rd graders each chose a country within the biome and put together a country report and short powerpoint, and my 4th graders studied a type of severe weather in the biome and created a pyramid diorama. Then, they had to work together to create a diorama of the location, banner including a world map, and artifacts representing the cultures of the area. My fourth graders had just finished their unit on magnets and electricity, during which they had created electrical boxes, so they had to survey their group members and create a set of questions for the box as a quiz for the end of the presentation. We set up tables in the gym and presented to other classes in the school in the morning and to parents in the afternoon. It was pretty amazing!
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| Electrical Box |
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| Pyramid Diorama |
I have put together the pyramid diorama project on my TpT page, which includes:
- Introduction
- Diorama Instructions
- Photos
- Student Packet:
- Instructions
- Note taking sheets
- Pyramid Diorama Rubric
- Presentation Instructions/Rubric
- (Choose one) Group or Individual Overall Project Rubric
- Bottom section templates (unlined and lined)
- Side sections templates (unlined and lined)
- Teacher Rubrics for scoring/comments (note separate group/individual sheets for overall project)
If you would like to download it, you can view
here it in my TpT Store.
