"Come into my office, we need to talk," Jack requests as you stroll into your office at the National Geographic Headquarter's office in Washington D.C. at 8:00 on Monday morning. It is always interesting when your boss, Jack, begins a conversation like this, and you wonder immediatley what he has in store for you.

     "What's up?" you wonder aloud, as you settle into a comfy leather chair next to Jack's overflowing desk.

      He smiles and says, "You are one lucky person, you know that? Your name was drawn in the office contest to choose your next assignment!" This is crazy out of all of the National Geographic employees world wide, I get the chance to decide where I want to travel next to do investigative reporting.

     "I want you to take a day or two to decide where you are going. I will need information from you telling me where you want to go, and what the weather will be like there so we can plan for your supplies. You can take one assistant with you as you go. Remember, you will be visitng and reporting first hand, so choose wisely," Jack explains. 

 

 

      Wow, anywhere? ANYWHERE? You better get busy researching. Use the Biome Research Guide to record your information while you use the following links to help you make your decision. Once you have decided where you are going, color code your map in the research guide according to where different bioms are in the World. Next, put a star where you are going on the map and tell what city it is close to so that Jack can arrange your flight.  You also need to tell Jack what the weather will be like where you are going so that he can have the correct supplies shipped ahead of you.

       Once you have made your decision turn in your research guides and write Jack a memo telling him about your decision. You must include the information about where you are going and what the weather will be like in few weeks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The World's Biomes

Enchanted Learning-Biomes

Blue Planet Biomes

World's Biomes.com

MGB.net

Weather.com

Weather Underground

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       With your decision made, you head to the airport Friday morning. The D.C. traffic is hectic, but cannot dampen your excitement. Your assistant, Ben, has been talking non-stop since you began the drive. Now he wonders aloud, " We only have a week on location, there is no way we can investigate everyhing. Maybe we should decide what to dig into before we get there."

     "That's good thinking, I knew I brought you along for a reason!" you tease. " I think we should decide to study either the plants or the animals. We will still get an idea of the other when we delve into their ecosystem, but we could focus on a specific species and find out lots about them. "