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Biome Projects Biome Projects Students will build a diorama that shows factors of the biome that distinguish it from the other biomes. They should show plants, animals, climate, soil, biome location and precipitation that affect the biome. Rubric Code: G476B5 By Loeads Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Project Grade Levels: (none)

Biomes
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 5 pts	Good 6 pts
Diorama showing the biome.	Poor The Diorama showed few animals and plants that would thrive in this biome. The work was NOT neat and tidy and it was not obvious which biome was being displayed. The biome was not labled.	Fair The Diorama showed few animals and plants that would thrive in this biome. The work was neat and tidy but it was not obvious which biome was being displayed. The biome was not labled.	Good The Diorama showed several animals and plants that could only thrive in this biome. The work was neat and tidy and it was obvious which biome was being displayed. The biome was labled. `
Written essay on biome.	Poor The essay was not divided into main idea paragraphs. The student made little or not attempt to discuss plants, animals, location, climate, soil and precipitation. The conventions of spelling, punctuation and grammar were used at a basic level.	Fair The essay was divided into several main idea paragraphs. The student made an attempt to discuss plants, animals, location, climate, soil and precipitation. The conventions of spelling, punctuation and grammar were used at a basic level.	Good The essay was well written and divided into several main idea paragraphs. The student discussed thourghly the plants, animals, location, climate, soil and precipitation. The conventions of spelling, punctuation and grammar were used well.
Presentation of the product.	Poor While it is obvious that the student put the project together it was done in a hasty manner with little attention to neatness and with no attempt to creativly display all information needed in the diorama.	Fair While it is obvious that the student put the project together it was done in a hasty manner with little attention to neatness but with some attempt to creativly display all information needed in the diorama.	Good While it is obvious that the student put the project together it was done neatly with an attempt to creativly display all information needed in the diorama.