Engage Your Students with 3 Biodiversity Culminating Tasks - Unit Projects!

These projects allow you to differentiate your instruction and provide variety and choice to your students. Designed to align with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), these projects will challenge your students to explain content in an informative and visually appealing manner while also delving deeper into the content that you've covered in your Biodiversity Unit.

Editable and Customizable

These projects are all fully editable and customizable and come with a full rubric.

What’s Inside:

Each project includes a detailed assignment sheet and a student-friendly rubric for easy grading. These projects provide clear directions and expectations, ensuring your students know precisely what to research, create, and submit.

Project Descriptions:

1. Ecosystem Diorama Project

In this project, you will create a small diorama of a local ecosystem to showcase its biodiversity and the interrelationships between species.

2. Invasive Species Impact Infographic Project

In this project, you will research an invasive species in your local area and create an infographic to explain how it reduces local biodiversity.

3. Indigenous Agriculture Presentation Project

In this project, you will create a digital presentation using PowerPoint, Prezi, Google Slides, or a similar platform.

Formats:

Each project comes in Word, PDF, and Google doc formats so you can assign digitally or print for student handouts.

• Your resource integrates seamlessly with Google Classroom as I've included a link that will automatically create a copy of the resource and put it directly into your Google Drive with one click.
• Purchase --> Open --> Click --> Assign to your students

Why You'll Love Them:

• Standards-Aligned: These projects align with NGSS focusing on key ideas behind nuclear energy and how the two types compare.
• Cross-Curricular: They bridge the gap between science and the arts, encouraging creativity while reinforcing scientific concepts.
• Differentiated Learning: Suitable for various learning styles and abilities, these project allows students to demonstrate their knowledge in a format that best suits their skills.
• Engagement & Autonomy: Students take charge of their learning by researching, designing, and presenting their infographics.
• Classroom-Ready: No additional prep needed! Download, print, and distribute to your class.

How Your Students Will Benefit:

Upon completing these projects, students will

• have a deeper understanding of biodiversity and how it relates to them.
• develop skills in research, information synthesis, graphic design, and science communication.

Rubrics:

A clear and comprehensive rubric is included for each project, offering four distinct criteria:

1. Content
2. Visual Design
3. Understanding of Biodiversity
4. Presentation

Each criterion is broken down into five levels, from 0 (not meeting expectations) to 5 (exceeding expectations), making grading straightforward and transparent.

How to Use:

These projects can be integrated into your Biodiversity and/or Ecology Unit, used as a standalone project, or serve as summative assessments. They're perfect for classroom display, helping to create an environment rich in student-created content.

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