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Food Chain from Biome Project

Students will create a food chain using organisms found within the Biome they chose for their Final Project. Students must define the following words: producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer. Students will create illustrations for the chosen organisms and correctly name and label their role within the food chain.

Rubric Code: V25WB88

By MrsViviBradshaw

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Subject: Science

Type: Reflection

Grade Levels: 6-8

Food Chain
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 8 pts	Fair 6 pts	Poor 4 pts
Organization	Excellent Food chain is well-organized and easy to follow.	Good Food chain is somewhat well-organized and challenging to follow.	Fair Food chain lacks organization and is very difficult to follow.	Poor
Content - Accuracy	Excellent The student accurately describes the flow of energy in a food chain.	Good The student accurately describes the flow of energy in a food chain.	Fair The student describes the flow of energy in a food chain with only 1 error.	Poor The student describes the flow of energy in a food chain with 2 or more errors.
Role in Food Chain	Excellent All organisms are classified as either a producer, (primary, secondary or tertiary) consumer, or decomposer in the food chain.	Good Some of the organisms are classified as either a producer, (primary, secondary or tertiary) consumer, or decomposer in the food chain.	Fair Few of the organisms are classified as either a producer, (primary, secondary or tertiary) consumer, or decomposer in the food chain.	Poor None of the organisms are classified as either a producer, (primary, secondary or tertiary) consumer, or decomposer in the food chain.
Vocabulary	Excellent Defines all the necessary vocabulary accurately.	Good Defines only 3 of the 4 vocabulary words accurately.	Fair Defines 2 of the 4 vocabulary words accurately.	Poor Defines 1 of the 4 vocabulary words accurately.
Use of Biome	Excellent All organisms come directly from the Biome the student researched for his or her final project.	Good All but 1 organism comes directly from the Biome the student researched for his or her final project.	Fair All but 2 organisms come directly from the Biome the student researched for his or her final project.	Poor 3 or more organisms did not come from the Biome the student researched for his or her final project.