Attachments: Individual student work
outline (due in class October 25) and grading rubric
Purpose of Ecosystem Research Project:
Student will gain a clear, in depth understanding of both abiotic
and biotic factors within an ecosystem, and understand how a change
in one factor can change an entire ecosystem.
Format of Research Project: Power Point
presentation, to be shared with teacher and classmates
Requirements:
- Minimum requirements for a one to two
person team:
Research a biome of your team’s
choice. Refer to your previous homework assignment: "Ecosystems
and Biomes." (Note: For the students who did not complete this
assignment- it’s completion is due in class October 24th).
List all the biotic and abiotic factors you would expect to find
in your chosen biome.
Develop and represent a food chain
that you would expect to find in your chosen biome.
Remove or change one abiotic or biotic
factor in your biome. Predict how you would expect the entire
biome to be affected.
- Minimum requirements for a three
person team:
Meet all requirements listed for a one
to two person team, but develop and represent a food web in
place of a food chain.
- Minimum requirements for a four person
team:
Meet all requirements listed for a
three person team.
In addition, remove one predator or
one prey from a food chain or food web. Predict how the
populations of organisms in your biome would be affected.
Remember to use
Citation
Machine for your "Works Cited".
Five point bonus available to all sized teams: Choose one
"challenge" question (generated previously from classmates- list of
questions to be provided) and answer question completely, clearly,
and concisely!
Due dates:
- October 23 and October 24: Computer
Lab. Teams should enter Computer Lab knowing what biome they
will research, and what information each team mate is focused on
obtaining.
- An additional day will be scheduled
for joining team work into a final Power Point presentation.
- Due October 24: individual student
work outline (see enclosed copy).
- Presentation dates: to be announced.
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE ENCLOSED
GRADING RUBRIC.
