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You have been hired by the National Wildlife Foundation to collect research and file an official report on the wellbeing of one of the world’s most endangered species. You will need to look at all aspects of this creature’s life in its ecosystem including its factors, food webs and interrelationships to help to save its life! The data that you collect and suggestions you make can possibly help or cause the demise of this creature in its ecosystem. Good luck on your journey!

Task: Research an endangered species and create a cereal box report including the following information. You may use any perspective (interviewer, animal, parent, observer, etc) and any approach (*news article, standard report, comic strip, interview, etc) to complete the parts of the report.

Requirement Checklist: 10 points each. Due Friday, March 13. YES NOT YET

|Demonstrate where this organism gets its energy and how it passes it | | |

|on through the environment through a food web including the sun? | | |

|Describe the biome, its characteristics including weather & climate? | | |

|Describe the environmental conditions & factors (biotic & abiotic) of its biome? | | |

|Demonstrate how these factors affect the survival rate (increase or decrease) of the species you have chosen? | | |

|Identify, describe & classify at least three symbiotic relationships that your species has with other organisms| | |

|in its environment? | | |

|Create one opinion piece which describes what you think can be done to save your species from extinction. | | |

|*Presentation: | | |

|Display at least three color pictures besides your food web? | | |

|Type, print and display your information neatly on a cereal box? | | |

|Used multiple vocabulary words in your descriptions or articles? | | |

|Included a Title or Heading to your Project? | | |

S7L4. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to examine the interdependence of organisms with one another and their environments.

a. Construct an explanation for the patterns of interactions observed in different ecosystems in terms of the relationships among and between organisms and abiotic components of the ecosystem.

(Clarification statement: The interactions include, but are not limited to, predator-prey relationships, competition, mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism.)

b. Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and the flow of energy among biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem.

(Clarification statement: Emphasis is on tracing movement of matter and flow of energy, not the biochemical mechanisms of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.)

c. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for how resource availability, disease, climate, and human activity affect individual organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems.

d. Ask questions to gather and synthesize information from multiple sources to differentiate between Earth’s major terrestrial biomes (i.e., tropical rain forest, savanna, temperate forest, desert, grassland, taiga, and tundra) and aquatic ecosystems (i.e., freshwater, estuaries, and marine).

Endangered Ecosystems Requirement Checklist & Rubric: How well did you… Pts Possible

|Demonstrate where this organism gets its energy and how it passes it |10 | |

|on through the environment through a food web including the sun? | | |

|Describe the biome, its characteristics including weather & climate? |10 | |

|Describe the environmental conditions & factors (biotic & abiotic) of its biome? |10 | |

|Demonstrate how these factors affect the survival rate (increase or decrease) of the species you have chosen? |15 | |

|Identify, describe & classify at least three symbiotic relationships that your species has with other organisms |12 | |

|in its environment? | | |

|Create one opinion piece which describes what you think can be done to save your species from extinction. |8 | |

|*Use at least three different presentation methods for variety & spelled things correctly? |10 | |

|Display at least three color pictures AND your food web |10 | |

|Type, print and display your information neatly on a cereal box including Title or Heading? |8 | |

|Used multiple vocabulary words in your descriptions or articles? |8 | |

TOTAL PTS:

Endangered Ecosystems Requirement Checklist & Rubric: How well did you… Pts Possible

|Demonstrate where this organism gets its energy and how it passes it |10 | |

|on through the environment through a food web including the sun? | | |

|Describe the biome, its characteristics including weather & climate? |10 | |

|Describe the environmental conditions & factors (biotic & abiotic) of its biome? |10 | |

|Demonstrate how these factors affect the survival rate (increase or decrease) of the species you have chosen? |15 | |

|Identify, describe & classify at least three symbiotic relationships that your species has with other organisms |12 | |

|in its environment? | | |

|Create one opinion piece which describes what you think can be done to save your species from extinction. |8 | |

|*Use at least three different presentation methods for variety & spelled things correctly? |10 | |

|Display at least three color pictures AND your food web |10 | |

|Type, print and display your information neatly on a cereal box including Title or Heading? |8 | |

|Used multiple vocabulary words in your descriptions or articles? |8 | |

TOTAL PTS:

Endangered Ecosystems Requirement Checklist & Rubric: How well did you… Pts Possible

|Demonstrate where this organism gets its energy and how it passes it |10 | |

|on through the environment through a food web including the sun? | | |

|Describe the biome, its characteristics including weather & climate? |10 | |

|Describe the environmental conditions & factors (biotic & abiotic) of its biome? |10 | |

|Demonstrate how these factors affect the survival rate (increase or decrease) of the species you have chosen? |15 | |

|Identify, describe & classify at least three symbiotic relationships that your species has with other organisms |12 | |

|in its environment? | | |

|Create one opinion piece which describes what you think can be done to save your species from extinction. |8 | |

|*Use at least three different presentation methods for variety & spelled things correctly? |10 | |

|Display at least three color pictures AND your food web |10 | |

|Type, print and display your information neatly on a cereal box including Title or Heading? |8 | |

|Used multiple vocabulary words in your descriptions or articles? |8 | |

TOTAL PTS:

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