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Rubric Ecosystem Concept Map and Presentation Final
Rubric Ecosystem Concept Map and Presentation Final
Students will create a model of the ecosystem that they investigated during the field study. It
must contain at least three of each of the following: abiotic elements, plants, herbivores,
carnivores, and omnivores.
Interactions in the ecosystem must be indicated through the use of a food web which indicates
producers, primary consumers, and secondary consumers.
Students are encouraged to be creative in the presentation of their model, and to include as
many artifacts, photos, or sketches as possible from the field study.
Students will also compose a short explanatory writing piece that explains their ecosystem and
food web. The written explanation must include definitions, identification of the elements in the
ecosystem, and the interactions between elements. Students will also be assessed on their
writing being grammatically correct, clear, and organized.
Students will present their concept map to their classmates with a brief oral explanation.
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Demonstration of Model includes all Model includes all Model is missing a Model is missing
knowledge and required elements required few elements or many elements or
understanding and additional elements and some elements many elements are
ones. All elements they are all are incorrectly incorrectly
are correctly correctly identified. identified.
identified. identified.
The food web is The food web is
The food web The food web missing few missing many
includes all includes all elements. elements.
required elements required
and additional elements. Accurate Inaccurate
information. illustration of some illustration of the
Accurate of the interactions interactions in the
Accurate illustration of in the ecosystem. ecosystem.
illustration of all of most of the
the interactions interactions
between the between the
elements in the elements in the
ecosystem. ecosystem.