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Ecosystem Encyclopedia Research Project Directions
Requirements:
1. Slide 1: Create a cover page for your ecosystem project. It should include a title, a picture from your
ecosystem, and your name (or if in groups, list all group member names).
2. Slide 2: Using your research, write a brief description of your ecosystem. This should include any general
information that you found in your research. Include another picture of your ecosystem on this page as
well.
3. Slide 3: CLIMATE – Include average temperature, rainfall, snowfall, ect.
and
LOCATION – Include a description of where the ecosystem is located as well as a map that shows where
your ecosystem is located.
4. Slide 4: BIOTIC FACTORS – Include explanation of biotic factors and list, with pictures, five examples.
5. Slide 5: ABIOTIC FACTORS – Include explanation of abiotic factors and list, with pictures, five
examples.
6. Slide 6: PRODUCERS – Include explanation and at least 2 examples with pictures.
7. Slide 7: CONSUMERS – Include an explanation and list the types of consumers. (No pictures required.)
8. Slide 8: HERBIVORES – Include an explanation and list at least 2 examples with examples.
9. Slide 9: CARNIVORES – Include an explanation and list at least 2 examples with examples.
10. Slide 10: OMNIVORE – Include an explanation and list at least 2 examples with examples.
11. Slide 11: DECOMPOSERS – Explain and list at least two examples of decomposers in this ecosystem, as
well as an explanation of how they recycle energy. Add pictures with the examples.
12. Slide 12: SCAVENGERS – Include an explanation and list at least 2 examples. Add pictures with the
examples.
13. Slide 13: FOOD CHAIN – Include an explanation of a food chain. Create a food chain that would
realistically happen in your ecosystem. Each organism in your food chain should include the name of the
species, as well as a picture of the organism. Use arrows to show the flow of energy from one organism to
the next. The components of your food chain MUST be plants and animals that exist in the ecosystem that
you are researching. You need at least 1 producer, 2 consumers, and 1 decomposer in your food chain
(you can have more consumers if you wish).
14. Slide 14: BREAKING THE CHAIN – Explain what happens to a food chain when an organism
disappears from that ecosystem. You will explain what might cause the organism to disappear and then
explain what will happen as a result of that organism disappearing. You will duplicate your healthy food
chain slide and then put and X over the organism that was ‘removed’ from that ecosystem to make that
food chain unbalanced and then show or explain what will happen to the populations of each organism in
the food chain as a result of removing a specific organism. Be sure to include a picture for each organism
in your broken food chain.
15. Slide 15: FOOD WEB – Include an explanation of a food web and how the organisms in a food web
depend on other organisms to survive. You will use words and or pictures to draw a foods web with
arrows showing how the plants/animals in your web are interconnected. The components of your food
web should be plants and animals that exist in the ecosystem you are researching. You need at least 10
different components in your ecosystem with at least 2 producers, 7 consumers, 1 scavenger, and 1
decomposer.
16. Slide 16: HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM MODEL – Create a model of a healthy ecosystem that includes
biotic and abiotic factors (at least 2 abiotic factors, 2 producers, 7 consumers, 1 decomposer, and 1
scavenger).
**Use pictures that you already found for the other sections of your project.
17. Slide 17: UNBALANCED ECOSYSTEM MODEL – Duplicate your healthy ecosystem slide to create a
broken ecosystem by removing a species or causing some other kind ecological disaster (overfishing,
pollution, habitat removal, etc.). Explain your disaster or what you removed from your ecosystem and
why it broke or unbalanced the ecosystem.
18. Slide 18: INVASIVE SPECIES – Research to find an invasive species found in your ecosystem. Explain
what an invasive species is, what your invasive species does to your ecosystem, and list any methods that
are being used to rid the ecosystem of the invasive species.
19. Slide 19: SOURCES – You may use your notebook or a device to research your project. YOU MUST
LIST EACH SOURCE THAT YOU USE FOR YOUR RESEARCH! This means that you need to type
the name of each book or website that that you used for your research.
Ecosystem Encyclopedia Research Project – Part 1 Rubric DUE: _______
Correct
Descriptions /
Facts on the Slide
Image from the
Assigned
Ecosystem
Ecosystem Title on
Each Page
Slide 1: Student’s name, title, and a picture from the
ecosystem
4 pts. / ________
2 pts. / ________
1 pt. / ________
Slide 2: brief description with general info and picture
5 pts. / ________
2 pts. / ________
1 pt. / ________
5 pts. / ________
2 pts. / ________
1 pt. / ________
5 pts. / ________
3 pts. / ________
1 pt. / ________
5 pts. / ________
3 pts. / ________
1 pt. / ________
5 pts. / ________
2 pts. / ________
1 pt. / ________
5 pts. / ________
N/A (No pictures
required)
1 pt. / ________
5 pts. / ________
3 pts. / ________
1 pt. / ________
5 pts. / ________
3 pts. / ________
1 pt. / ________
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3 pts. / ________
1 pt. / ________
5 pts. / ________
3 pts. / ________
1 pt. / ________
29 pts. / ______
12 pts. / _____
Slide 3: CLIMATE description including average
temperature, rainfall, snowfall, LOCATION description, and
map
Slide 4: BIOTIC FACTOR explanation with five examples
and pictures
Slide 5: ABIOTIC FACTOR explanation with five examples
and pictures
Slide 6: PRODUCER explanation and at least 2 examples
with pictures
Slide 7: CONSUMER explanation and list the types of
consumers.
Slide 8: HERBIVORE explanation with at least 2 examples
and pictures
Slide 9: CARNIVORE explanation with at least 2 examples
and pictures
Slide 10: OMNIVORE explanation with at least 2 examples
and pictures
Slide 11: DECOMPOSER explanation with at least two
examples/pictures, explanation of how they recycle energy
Slide 12: SCAVENGER CARNIVORE explanation with at
least 2 examples and pictures
59 pts. /
TOTAL POINTS _______
FINAL GRADE FOR PART 1
Ecosystem Encyclopedia Research Project – Part 2 Rubric DUE: _________
Slide 13: FOOD
CHAIN
Slide 14:
BREAKING THE
CHAIN
Slide 15: FOOD
WEB
Explanation of food chain
5 pts. / ________
Realistic creation of a food chain
from the assigned ecosystem
5 pts. / ________
Explanation of what happens
when food chains are broken or
unbalanced
5 pts. / ________
Explanation of
Duplicated healthy food
Explanation of what happened
possible reason for chain, with pictures, and
to the populations of each
the unbalanced
an X over the organism
organism in the food chain
ecosystem
that was removed
after one was removed
5 pts. / ________
5 pts. / ________
5 pts. / ________
Realistic creation of food web from Includes at least 10 components (2 producers,
the assigned ecosystem
7 consumers, 1 scavenger, and 1 decomposer)
5 pts. / ________
5 pts. / ________
Includes all required components (1 producer,
2 consumers, and 1 decomposer)
5 pts. / ________
Explanation of a food web
and how the organisms
depend on each other
5 pts. / ________
Healthy model using pictures
5 pts. / ________
Slide 18:
INVASIVE
SPECIES
Required components (2 abiotic factors, 2 producers, 7
consumers, 1 decomposer, and 1 scavenger)
5 pts. / ________
Duplicate healthy model with pictures Explanation of what disaster might
Required components (2 abiotic
and then remove a species or abiotic
cause the removal of the species or
factors, 2 producers, 7 consumers, 1
factor to unbalance the ecosystem
abiotic factor from the ecosystem
decomposer, and 1 scavenger)
5 pts. / ________
5 pts. / ________
5 pts. / ________
Explanation of an
Example, with picture of
Explanation of the problems
Methods being used to rid the
invasive species
the invasive species from
the invasive species is causing ecosystem of the invasive
5 pts. / ________
the assigned ecosystem
in the required ecosystem
species
5 pts. / ________
5 pts. / ________
5 pts. / ________
Slide 19:
SOURCES
A list of used sources
5 pts. / ________
Slide 16: HEALTHY
ECOSYSTEM MODEL
Slide 17:
UNBALANCED
ECOSYSTEM
MODEL
Total
Points
TOTAL POINTS
FINAL GRADE FOR PART 2
Ecosystem Encyclopedia Research Project – Part 3 Rubric DUE: ___________
ORAL
PRESENTATION /
EYE CONTACT
Maintains eye contact and pronounces all
terms precisely. All audience members can
hear
15 pts. / ________
Occasionally uses eye contact, mostly
reading presentation, and incorrectly
pronounces terms. Audience members
have difficulty hearing
10 pts. / ________
Reads with no eye contact and
incorrectly pronounces terms.
Speaks too quietly
EXPLANATION
Clearly demonstrates understanding of the
content through explanation without having
to read straight from the PowerPoint
15 pts. / ________
Was able to present information from
PowerPoint with only some reading from
the PowerPoint.
10 pts. / ________
Presented all information by
reading straight from the
PowerPoint
5 pts. / ________
GRAPHICS
Explain and reinforce screen text and
presentation
15 pts. / ________
Occasionally uses graphics that rarely
support text and presentation
10 pts. / ________
Uses superfluous graphics or no
graphics
5 pts. / ________
SUBJECT
KNOWLEDGE
Demonstrates full knowledge by answering
all class questions with explanations and
elaborations
15 pts. / ________
Uncomfortable with information and is
able to answer only rudimentary questions
10 pts. / ________
Does not have a grasp of the
information. Cannot answer
questions about subject
5 pts. / ________
SCREEN
DESIGN
Includes a variety of graphics, text, and
animation that exhibits a sense of
wholeness. Creative use of navigational
tools and buttons
15 pts. / ________
Includes a variety of graphics, text, and
animation. Adequate navigational tools
and buttons
10 pts. / ________
Either confusing or cluttered,
barren or stark. Buttons or
navigational tools are absent or
confusing
5 pts. / ________
MECHANICS
No spelling errors. No grammar errors.
Text is in authors' own words
15 pts. / ________
PRESENTATION
TIME
Presentation was under five minutes
10 pts. / ________
Some spelling errors. Some grammar
errors. Most of text is in authors' own
words.
10 pts. / ________
Presentation was between 5 and 10
minutes
7 pts. / ________
TOTAL POINTS
FINAL GRADE FOR PART 3
5 pts. / ________
Many spelling errors and/or text
is copied
5 pts. / ________
Presentation was longer than 10
minutes
pts. / ________