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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. / ________ 5 pts. / ________ 3 pts. / ________ 1 pt. / ________ 5 pts. / ________ 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. / ________