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Food Chain Project

Student will create a food chain consisting of animals found in a specific biome/ecosystem. The student must label the animals, show the flow of energy in the food chain, classify the organism as producer, consumer, or decomposer and illustrate the biome/ecosystem the organisms belong in.

Rubric Code: NC5B82

By khartsell

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Subject: Biology

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5

Food Web
	Good 5 pts	Fair 4 pts	Poor 3 pts	Point Received (N/A)
Organization 15 pts	Good Food chain is well-organized and easy to follow.	Fair Food chain is somewhat well-organized and challenging to follow.	Poor Food chain has very little organization and can follow parts of it or not at all.	Point Received
Labeling 10 pts	Good All members of the food chain are labeled.	Fair Most of the members of the food chain are labeled.	Poor 1 or 2 members of the food chain are labeled.	Point Received
Content - Accuracy 25 pts	Good All food chain connections displayed are accurate.	Fair More than half of the food chain connections displayed are accurate.	Poor Less than half of the food chain connections displayed are accurate.	Point Received
Biome (ecosystem) 15 pts	Good Ecosystem is correctly distinguished by organisms found in the food chain.	Fair More than half of the organisms choosen to make the food chain are found in the ecosystem.	Poor Less than half of the organisms choosen to make the food chain are found in the ecosystem.	Point Received
Organism Classification 15 pts	Good All organisms are classified as either a producer, consumer, scavenger, or decomposer in the food chain.	Fair More than half of the organisms are classified as either a producer, consumer, scavenger, or decomposer in the food chain.	Poor None or less than half of the organisms are classified as either a producer, consumer, scavenger, or decomposer in the food chain.	Point Received
Project Neatness 15 pts	Good Project is well thought out and visually attractive.	Fair Project is well thoughtout but lacks color and variety.	Poor Project is not well thoughtout or visually attractive	Point Received
Used Time Wisely 10 pts	Good Stayed on task the whole time and finished in a timely manner.	Fair Stayed on task most of the time, but needed a couple of reminders.	Poor Had a difficult time staying on task and needed a lot of reminders.	Point Received