生息地とバイオーム - 地球、その生態系、そして生命科学の冒険！

The Earth has a variety of different environments and ecosystems that have been formed and changed over the course of around 4.6 Billion years. These unique places across our planet all vary in moisture and temperature, as well as many other factors like light and air quality. Each of these have diverse and abundant organisms which form complex communities and webs of life that all count on each other to survive and thrive!
This is a class all about the different types of habitats and biomes that can be found across the globe. Learners will virtually travel our planet visiting terrestrial (land) and aquatic (water) habitats and biomes. We will traverse through specific notable biomes and environments that can be found on each of the continental land masses as well as our oceans and seas!
We will also spend time talking about why Earth is able to contain life and how it got to where it is today with specific history to the topic too!
We will cover what makes a habitat livable as well as how different organisms require different components to a habitat.
There will be plenty of facts provided on these places as well as their characteristics (biotic/ living and abiotic/physical), species diversity, and what makes them so special! We will work on broad (all encompassing) and narrow topics.
Some categories to be included but not limited to are:
-Forests
-Grasslands
-Deserts
-Polar Regions
-Saltwater
-Freshwater
EcoRegions
Biomes and habitats are heavily influenced by climate (Wind/ Temperature/ Moisture/ Currents) and we will go into basic and more in-depth knowledge on how each are created or defined.

Please message with any questions to the schedule:
*December 24, 31 no class*

August 11- Week 1: Greenland /Arctic Ocean / Antartica and Islands
August 18- Week 2: Canadian Tundra / Palearctic Tundra
September 1- Week 3: Alaska / Canadian Boreal Forest
September 8- Week 4: North Pacific Coast / Rocky Mountains and North American West
September 15- Week 5: Great Plains / Mexican Drylands 
September 22- Week 6: Northeast American Forest / Southeast U.S. Savanna and Forest
September 29- Week 7: Caribbean / Central America
October 6- Week 8: Upper South America / Amazonia
October 13- Week 9: Brazil Cerrado and Atlantic Coast / South American Grasslands
October 20- Week 10: Andes/ Pacific Coast / Patagonia/ Galápagos Islands
October 27- Week 11: Oceania / New Zealand
November 3- Week 12: Australia /Australasian Islands/ New Guinea/ Eastern Indonesia
November 17- Week 13: Malaysia / Western Indonesia / Southeast Asian Forests
November 24- Week 14: Indian Subcontinent
December 1- Week 15: Madagascar /East African Coast
December 8- Week 16: Equatorial Afrotropics/ Central African Forests
December 15- Week 17: Southern and Central Afrotropics
December 22- Week 18: North Africa/ Sahara / Sub-Saharan Afrotropics
December 29- Week 19: Greater Arabian Peninsula / Persian Deserts and Forests 
January 5- Week 20:Caspian Sea and Central Asian Deserts / Kazakh Steppes and Hemiboreal Forest
January 12- Week 21: Mediterranean/  Black Sea Forests and Steppe 
January 19- Week 22: Britain, Greater European Forests and Mountain Forests
January 26- Week 23: Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau / Tien Shan Mountains
February 2- Week 24: East Asian Desert/ Altai Sayan Mountains/ Mongolian Grasslands
February 9- Week 25 Japanese Islands/ Northeast and Central Asian Forests
February 16- Week 26: Scandinavian West Boreal Forest/ Siberian East Boreal Forest/ Sea of Okhotsk and Bering Tundra + Taiga

Students will also learn about their conservation/ preservation, concerns, and threats as habitat degradation and fragmentation are apparent and increasing year by year. EDUCATION is the first step in conservation!

This is a lecture style, interactive class with many opportunities to ask and answer questions from myself or other students. 
No prior knowledge or experience is needed to take this course. A love for nature is most definitely appreciated :)