Creating a 3d tundra biome poster project is a fun challenge if your studying biomes. Too, you’ll love my Arctic and Inuit Unit Study. Free Lapbook – Hands-on Ideas and my Arctic Region pages.
Also, it’s a great hands-on project.
This project is part art and part science.
Too, it is a great creative writing challenge and teaches your kids about advertising as well.
It is much more exciting to research the tundra biome to create a travel poster to entice visitors to come and see what it offers through images and inviting words than just fill in a worksheet.
You can use printed photos of animals found in the tundra or to make it a truly 3D poster and attach small animals throughout the scene.
Also, because we are advertising the tundra as a whole, we do have some animals from both of the different types of tundra mixed into the scene.
Facts About The Tundra Biome
- Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturi, which means- treeless plain.
- The tundra covers about one fifth of the land on earth.
- The tundra is the coldest of the biomes, the average temperature there is around -18 degrees F.
- It is also about as dry as a desert, getting only around 10 inches of precipitation a year, and most of this is snow.
- There are 2 different types of tundra biomes:
- Alpine tundra, the area of land high in the mountains above the treeline.
- Arctic tundra – Far north in the northern hemisphere along the Arctic Circle.
- Polar bears come to the tundra in the summer, this is where they have their babies.
- Most of the vegetation that grows in this inhospitable area is sedge, moss, lichen, dwarf shrub, and grass.
- The growing season in the tundra is very short, it usually lasts just 6 to 10 weeks.
Then look at some of the animals in the tundra.
Animals of the Tundra
The type of animals and vegetation you find will depend on if it is Arctic, Alpine, or Antarctic tundra. Here are a few examples of each:
Arctic:
- Beluga Whale
- Snowy Owl
- Snowshoe Hair
- Walrus
Alpine:
- Mountain Goat
- Bighorn Sheep
- Canadian Lynx
- Elk
Antarctic:
- Chinstrap Penguin
- Leopard Seal
- Arctic Tern
- Spectacled Porpoise
Also, add some of these fun books to your reading day.
Books About the Tundra
Look at some of these books, resources, and fun things to add to your study of the tundra.
Take a walk on the tundra. In this cold, harsh biome on the top of the world, summer is short. How do plants and animals of the tundra live? Discover how they depend on each other for survival as you travel through this fascinating land.
Included-10 arctic animal toy set including 1 polar bear, 1 reindeer, 1 arctic hare, 1 arctic wolf, 1 walrus, 1 beluga, 1 killer whale, 1 arctic fox, 1 arctic seal , 1 igloo model.
It’s a land of riddles, where a winter night can last for weeks and where the ground is full of water though it rarely rains or snows. Bears, hares, wolves, and foxes roam the ice-crusted earth, as flowers follow the sun as it moves across the sky. Young readers may never come to the Arctic tundra, but now it can come to them―in a book chock full of fun-to-do experiments and activities for children ages 6 and up that help them to solve some of the mysteries of this strange and forbidding world. Arctic Tundra includes a picture field guide, a glossary-index, and a resource list.
More Ideas for a Tundra Biome Poster Project
Also, look at more ideas to add to your poster project.
- 20 Amazing Animals In The Tundra
- Ideas for a tundra diorama
- Tundra Biome: Interesting Info About its Plants and Animals
Finally, look how to make this fun poster.
How to Make a 3D Tundra Biome Poster Project
You will need:
- Trifold science board or foam board
- Plastic Tundra Animals or printouts
- Tacky glue or Hot Glue
- Cotton balls, white tissue paper, cotton fill
- Craft paint/paint brushes
First, water down a light blue craft paint and paint a very light coat over all or most of your board.
Leave a little room at the top for your information. You don’t want to saturate it too much because it is cardboard and will warp if soaked.
Allow it to dry.
Tear cotton balls into smaller wisps.
“Paint” your ground area and any hills or mountains with a thick coat of tacky glue.
Press torn cotton balls into it for snow.
Add some clouds if you like. Allow glue to dry.
Paint some ocean in your scenery to add aquatic and semi aquatic animals.
Gather up your animals.
Hot glue them in various places around the scene.
To remove the hot glue once you are done with the project, just pull them off the poster and heat the glue with a blow dryer until it softens a bit and you can pull the excess glue right off.
Use letter stickers to create an interesting and eye-catching title.
Add more details like catchy words or phrases to describe the tundra around the board.
Have your child write or type up a paragraph to play up the positives of the tundra, just like a travel agency would hype up the location they are advertising. You might also have them research and list some locations that the tundra biome is located.
Print, cut, and attach your “advertising”.
