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Create your own Biome Create your own Biome Students will follow the rubric that is provided to help guide them in creating a biome of their choosing. All criteria must be met to receive credit for the project. Rubric Code: U233C78 By KFitzp2200 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Biomes In this project the student will create a biome of their choosing. They can create it from materials gathered at home/provided at school or draw their own.
	Poor You did not complete the task or did not do it at all. 1 pts	Fair You did the task but not to the best of your ability/effort. 2 pts	Good You did a good job on parts of the task but did not do other parts well. 3 pts	Excellent You did a great job on all parts and went above and beyond on some parts! 4 pts
Creativity Make your project a real work of art whether written or drawn! Make me want to visit your biome!	Poor Student is not very creative with the way they construct their project.	Fair Student gives some effort into creativity, but leaves out a lot of detail.	Good Student is somewhat creative in the way they use their project.	Excellent Student is very creative in the way they used their project to show knowledge of the biomes. .
Climate Graphs are a helpful tool in describing the weather	Poor Project does not describe what the temperature is like in their biomes or discuss precipitation.	Fair Project describes what the temperature is like in their biomes but do not say the temperatures in degrees or include annual monthly precipitation.	Good Project describes the climate of the biomes, but does not say the temperatures and/or include annual monthly precipitation.	Excellent Climate is accurately described. Temperatures during the year and the annual precipitation for each month are represented.
Geology/Geography Give latitude and any special landforms in your biome. A map should be included.	Poor Project does not include what part of the world the biome can be found in. No land forms are mentioned.	Fair Project does not include countries or specific locations of where the biome can be found in, but mentions a few, as well as some land forms or unusual features.	Good Project describes exact countries and specific locations the biome is found in, describes land forms or unique characteristics of the earth.	Excellent Project describes the countries and specific locations in detail of where the biome is located in and provides detail of those places and land forms, includes pictures.
Biology What animals are in your biome?	Poor Project does not mention the animals that live in the biome or only shows 1.	Fair Project identifies 1 animal in the biome, with pictures/descriptions.	Good Project identifies 2-3 animals in the biome and describes them, with visuals.	Excellent Project identifies 4 or more animals in each biome, with pictures/descriptions and adaptations
Botany What plants/producers are in your biome?	Poor Project does not mention the types of vegetation in the biomes or only shows 1 type.	Fair Project identifies 1 type of vegetation in the biome, with pictures/descriptions.	Good Project identifies 2-3 types of vegetation and describes them, with visuals.	Excellent Project identifies 4 or more types of vegetation in each biome, with pictures/descriptions and adaptations
Ecology How do the plants and animals interact?	Poor Project does not describe how plants, animals, and environment interact with each other.	Fair Project brings together interactions among organisms within the biomes.	Good Project brings together interactions among organisms withing the biome.	Excellent Project mentions adaptations, niches and interactions among organisms within the biome

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Biome, adaptations

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Science

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