ECOSYSTEMS PROJECT

RUBRIC

ECOSYSTEM is drawn and accurately and labeled (TITLE) (5 points) _____

1 HABITAT is represented and labeled (5 points) _____

2 BIOTIC and 2 ABIOTIC factors are shown and labeled (5 points) _____

3 PRODUCERS are shown and labeled (10 points) _____

1 VASCULAR OR NONVASCULAR PLANT IS LABELED (5 points) _____

PHOTOSYNTHESIS is shown and labeled (all 5 parts) (5 points) _____

2 HERBIVORES are shown and labeled (10 points) _____

1 OMNIVORE is shown and labeled (5 points) _____

2 CARNIVORES are shown and labeled (10 points) _____

1 SCAVENGER is shown and labeled (5 points) _____

1 DECOMPOSER is shown and labeled (5 points) _____

AUTOTROPHS are labeled (3 points) _____

HETEROTROPHS are labeled (7 points) _____

1 VERTEBRATE AND 1 INVERTEBRATE are labeled (10 points) _____

NEATNESS of drawing and of labels (5 points) _____

SPELLING is correct (5 points) _____

TOTAL: _____/100

EXTRA CREDIT:

FOOD CHAIN is shown (5 points) _____

DECIDUOUS FORESTPAGES 216-217

Deer, beaver, cougars, skunks, crows, robins (birds), maple trees, grass,

DESERTPAGE 252, 152-153

Owls, rats, snakes, scorpions, hawks, cactus, tumbleweed,

LAKE ECOSYSTEMPAGE 214-215, 301Under water LAKE:Frogs, squirrels, woodpeckers, grass, perch fish, eagles,

ARCTIC PAGE 236-237

Pine trees, small shrubs, white foxes, white rabbits, polar bears, moose, buffalo, wolves, ravens, seagulls, owls

CORAL REEFPAGE 253Under water OCEAN: Sponges, starfish, sea urchin, parrot fish, angel fish, nurse sharks, algae, sea grass

RAINFORESTPAGE 217-218

Monkeys, sloths, toucans, parrots, lizards, mushroom, palm trees, grass, ferns,