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Ecosystem Project

The student will investigate and create a model of an ecosystem. The project will include the food chain, animals and plants, human interaction and cycles for an ecosystem.

Rubric Code: C397W6

By susan_meyer

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Ecosystem Project Human Impact
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 15 pts
Animals and Plants 15 pts Name animals and plants in the ecosystem. SIDE A	Poor A list of animals and plants in the ecosystem.	Fair A list and pictures of animals and plants in the ecosystem.	Good A model of animals and plants in the ecosystem with the following labeled: producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, or tertiary consumer.
Human Interaction 15 pts Human impact on the ecosystem with both negative and positive impacts.	Poor A brief sentence describing human impact on the ecosystem.	Fair A detailed decsription of positve or negative human impacts on the ecosystem.	Good A detailed descrition of both positive and negative human impacts on the ecosystem.
Visual 15 pts A three dimentional representation of a reccomendation for positive human impact on the ecosystem; no larger than a shoebox or poster board	Poor A paper of the ecosystem containing information for the food chain, animals and plants, human impact on the ecosystem.	Fair A modelof the ecosystem containing information for the food chain, animals and plants, reccomendation for positive human impact on the ecosystem without pictures or color.	Good A model of the ecosystem containing information for the food chain, animals and plants, reccomendation for positive human impact on the ecosystem with pictures or color.