Standards-based MediA Resource for Teachers

Developed by CURRICULUM MEDIA GROUP

The Biomes S.M.A.R.T. Box provides teachers and students with an outstanding blend of multimedia materials designed to support Earth Science, Environmental Studies, and Biology programs. Correlated to the National Science Education Standards from the National Academies of Science, the S.M.A.R.T. Box combines core content, creative activities, a Teacher’s Guide with suggested lesson plans, and a Teacher’s Resource Pack to deliver an enriching and engaging learning experience.

In addition, three types of assessment tools (with answer keys/scoring rubrics) are included to help evaluate learning after each lesson:

• Selected response assessments—questions to test a student’s knowledge (e.g., multiple choice, matching, or true/false)

• Constructed response assessments—exercises to test a student’s ability to convey information and/or demonstrate skills (e.g., fill-in-the-blank, short answer, essay, visual depiction, reading comprehension, outlining, or graphing)

• Authentic assessments—projects to test a student’s aptitude for communicating information and applying it in a new way (e.g., ideas for research papers, presentations, debates, demonstrations, artwork, journals, stories, experiments, or interviews)

Information on biomes in general and the unique characteristics of specific biomes are authoritatively presented. Weather and natural resources are also examined, as is life inside an experimental sealed environment. The Biomes S.M.A.R.T. Box will energize your classroom with a comprehensive, research-based multimedia approach to understanding Earth’s biosphere that provides a balanced mix of videos, CD-ROMs, and posters to support your Science curriculum. A Curriculum Media Group Product.

Correlates to the National Science Education Standards from the National Academies of Science.

One multimedia kit.

The Biomes S.M.A.R.T. Box contains:

6 VIDEOS

• Aquatic Biomes

• Desert Biomes

• Grassland Biomes

• Rainforest Biomes

• Tundra Biomes

• Environmental Issues and Human Impact

2 CD-ROMs

• The World’s Weather (Win/Mac)

• Natural Resources (Win *)

10 POSTERS (LAMINATED)

• Biomes

• Wetland

• Coral Reef

• Cultivated Land

• Desert

• Ice Cap

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Savanna

• Taiga

• Tundra

TEACHER’S GUIDE

• A Teacher’s Guide packed with information: educational standards, a curriculum map, lesson plans, assessment answer keys, fast facts, program overviews, learning objectives, vocabulary terms, discussion questions, Web site resources, student activities, and a reading/viewing list

TEACHER’S RESOURCE PACK

• A Teacher’s Resource Pack of reproducible hand-outs that include student activities reference materials, and assessment tools

* For a Mac version, call 800-257-5126.