Take your Ecosystems and Biomes unit to the next level with this Animal Research Project and Project Based Learning Resource! Students dive deep into research on organisms, habitats, biomes, and ecosystems — then showcase their learning through a mobile museum featuring a research paper, slideshow presentation, 2D or 3D model, and ecosystem mural.
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
23+ Notebooking and Research Pages covering:
- Habitats, ecosystems, biomes, and abiotic and biotic factors
- Organism niche (carnivore, omnivore, herbivore)
- Adaptations (physical and behavioral)
- Food chains and food webs specific to the organism's environment
- Interactions with other organisms (symbiosis, parasitism, commensalism, mutualism)
Extension Pages:
- Comparing and contrasting two organisms
- Human impact (positive and negative effects)
- Changes affecting the organism and its habitat over time
Project Based Learning Component:
- Detailed steps for implementing as a project-based unit
- Photos of example projects
- Suggested driving questions
- Editable launch letter from the "museum"
- Close-reading comprehension questions to accompany the letter (editable)
- Editable student project requirements
- Lists of organisms to research organized by biome
- Written student reflection (editable)
- Grading rubric (editable)
- List of potential research resources
Bonus:
- Cover pages for all 50 US States — perfect if your standards require teaching about your state's ecosystems and habitats
YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZIPPED FILE CONTAINING
- Ecosystems/Biomes Research Booklet — printable PDF
- Ecosystems Google Slides — linked PDF
- Editable letter and rubric — PPT
- 50 US States cover pages — printable PDF
- Ecosystems recommended research websites — PDF with link to Google Doc
Copyright © Tammy Roose, Tarheelstate Teacher.
The purchase of this resource gives the buyer permission to download and copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution is also limited to single classroom use. Copying for other teachers, school-wide use, or school systems is only allowed with the purchase of additional licenses.
