What is the Arctic Tundra?
Related GW101 Lesson: Communities of Living Things Name Of Teacher: Mary Hartman Description: After discussing ‘What is a Biome’ and ‘What is Climate’, introduce students to the Arctic tundra. Words that students need to understand include ecosystems, migrate, herbivore, carnivore, food chain, food web, polar climate, permafrost, blubber, hibernate. Have each student locate a picture and information of one of the following: FLORA: algae, fungi, lichens, arctic lupine, yellow poppy, saxifrage, arctic campion, lapland rhododendron, buttercup, campanula, barberry, labrador tea. FAUNA: mosquito, wingless aphid, midge, Hudson Bay toad, garter snake, Arctic char, salmon, pike, trout, snowy owl, raven, willow ptarmigan, rock ptarmigan, water pipit, red phalaropes northern phalaropes, arctic fox, caribou, lemmings, hare, polar bear, microorganisms, Siberian salamander, wood frog, musk oxen. Students will locate information on their topic. They will create a poster on their topic that answers t
