Ecosystems research assignment formative 2013
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This document provides instructions for an ecosystems research assignment. Students will be assigned an ecosystem to research and present in a Google presentation. Their presentation should include the characteristics of the ecosystem, its location shown on a map, the plants and trees that can live there and why, the temperature and weather, the major animals and how their bodies are suited to the ecosystem, and a food web of one or more animals in the ecosystem. Students can choose from tropical rainforest, temperate grasslands, deciduous temperate forest, coniferous forest, tundra, ocean, freshwater, or desert ecosystems.
Ecosystems research assignment formative 2013
- 1. Ecosystems Research Assignment Name_________ You will be assigned an Ecosystem to research. Write the name of your ecosystem __________________ Format: Google Presentation ____________________________________________ Your information should include: (1-4 points possible for each category) 1. Characteristics of the ecosystem 2. Where the ecosystem is found: the names of the countries and shown on a map 3. Name plants and trees of the ecosystem and why they can live in this ecosystem 4. Temperature and weather of the ecosystem 5. List the major animals of the ecosystem and explain why their body, diet and way of living is suited to live here 6. Choose one or more animals in this ecosystem and make a food web. Write the names of the animals by each picture. Ecosystems: Tropical Rainforest, Temperate Grasslands, Deciduous Temperate forest, Coniferous forest, Tundra, Ocean, Freshwater, Desert