Biomes, Ecosystems & Habitats

You will prepare a power point presentation that consists of 12-15 slides with the following information:

Phase 4: Presentation of Biome Proposal Materials (Brochure & Power point presentation)

You will present your promotional materials to the Bali Travel Agency Board of Directors for evaluation. During this presentation the board of directors will be using several tools to evaluate you on presentation, teamwork, and material design.

RESOURCES

Click on an image of the five major biome links to go to your resource page.

There you will find numerous links to help you.

EVALUATION

Rubric #1 - This rubric will be used to evaluate your power point presentation and your overall oral presentation to the travel agency board of directors.

Category	Excellent (12-10 pts)	Good (9-7 pts)	Satisfactory (6-4 pts)	Needs Improvement (3-0 pts)
Presentation	Well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention.	Rehearsed with fairly smooth delivery that holds audience attention most of the time.	Deliver not smooth, but able to maintain interest of the audience most of the time.	Delivery not smooth and audience attention often lost.
Attractiveness	Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.	Makes good use of font, color,graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.	Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content.	Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation content.
Requirements	All requirements are met and exceeded.	All requirements are met.	One requirement was not completely met.	More than one requirement was not completely met.
Mechanics	No misspellings or grammatical errors.	Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors.	Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors.	More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar.
Content	Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.	Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.	Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors.	Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.
Organization	Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.	Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.	Content is logically organized for the most part.	There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.
Oral Presentation	Interesting, well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention.	Relatively interesting, rehearsed with a fairly smooth delivery that usually holds audience attention.	Delivery not smooth, but able to hold audience attention most of the time.	Delivery not smooth and audience attention lost.
Originality	Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive.	Product shows some original thoughts. Work shows new ideas and insights.	Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking.	Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit.

Rubric #2 - This rubric will be used to evaluate your brochure.

Category	Excellent (12-10 pts)	Good (9-7 pts)	Satisfactory 6-4 pts)	Needs Improvement (3-0 pts)
Writing- Organization	Each section in the brochure has a clear beginning, middle, and end.	Almost all sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end.	Most sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end.	Less than half of the sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end.
Content- Accuracy	All facts in the brochure are accurate.	99-90% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.	89-90% of the facts in the brochure are accurate.	Fewer than 80& of the facts in the brochure are accurate.
Spelling & Proofreading	No spelling errors remain after one person other than they typist reads and corrects the brochure.	No more than 1 spelling error remains after one person other than the typist reads and corrects the brochure.	No more than 3 spelling errors remain after one person other than the typist reads and corrects the brochure.	Several spelling errors in the brochure.
Attractiveness & Organization	The brochure has exceptionally attractive formatting and well- organized information.	The brochure has attractive formatting and well-organized information.	The brochure has well- organized information.	The brochure's formatting and organization of material are confusing to the reader.
Graphics/ Pictures	Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text.	Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems "text-heavy".	Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen.

CONCLUSION

Time Line

Extension Activities:

1. If you would like to go beyond the scope of the activities above you may take your chosen biome and develop a web page highlighting the same information. This can be done for extra credit during the course of our unit of study.

2. You can can also create a book about your specific biome or a different one of your choice. Make sure that you include the same information as per the power point information criteria above. There is no set length for your book. This book does need to be created using one of the following programs: MS Publisher, MS Word, MS Works, Inspiration, MS Power point, IPhoto (on the new IMac).

Teacher Notes

This web quest was designed using the following goals and objectives from the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

Science 8th Grade

Goal 2: The learner will build an understanding of population dynamics.

Objective 2.01 Evaluate data related to population growth, along with problems and solutions.

Objective 2.02 Conclude that some ecosystems resources are finite.

Objective 2.03 Explain how changes in habitat may affect organisms.

Objective 2.04 Analyze practices that affect the use, availability, and management of natural resources.

Technology 8th Grade

Goal 3: The learner will use a variety of technologies to access, analyze, interpret, synthesize, apply, and communicate information.

Objective 3.1 Select and use technology tools to collect, analyze, and display data.

Objective 3.2 Use word processing/desktop publishing for assignments/projects.

Objective 3.3 Research, create, publish, and present projects related to content areas using a variety of technological tools.

Objective 3.9 Conduct online research and evaluate the information found as to the validity, appropriateness, content, and usefulness.

If you would like to contact me with questions and comments write to me at the following email address:

rcarlton99@hotmail.com

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