Ecological Photo Journal!
Name ________________________________
MAJOR GRADE due: ___________
Date _____________________ Pd _________
Purpose: To observe course concepts in the field. To really look carefully during our field trip!
Product: You will make a power point presentation to show what you found on our field trip. Some
power points will be used to review for the unit test. Some will be used to review for the fall final.
Directions:
1. Make one power point slide for each concept you illustrate.
2. Each slide will have four parts: The concept as a title, the photo, the definition of the concept, and
your explanation of why the photo is a good illustration of the concept. See sample below.
3. Your power point must include all ten required concepts and at least six optional concepts of your
choice. Challenge concepts will be worth twice as much as optional concepts but cannot be substituted
for required concepts.
4. Each picture should be different. Avoid using the same picture for two or more concepts.
5. To turn in the project, you will down load it to the classroom computer. You can bring it in on a
memory stick or email it to yourself. Do NOT email it to Ms. Klein!
6. If you do not go on the trip, or cannot find a camera or can’t take enough pictures, there will be a
power point available on line. If you go on the trip and use these pictures, your grade will be lower than
if you use your own pictures. If you do not go on the trip, there will be no penalty for using the pictures.
Required concepts: (complete all 10)
Primary Producer
Herbivore
Carnivore
Ecosystem service
Evidence of fire
Invasive (non-native) species
Gulf Coastal Prairie
Ecotourism
A resource important to Galveston Bay
One biotic relationship (mutualism/commensalism/parasitism)
Optional concepts: (complete at least six)
Ecological benefit of fire
A second, different biotic relationship
Someone enjoying the prairie
Habitat
Three different native prairie grasses (this is ONE slide!)
Density-dependent limiting factor
Adaptation
Grazer
Litter that might have come downstream from the prairie
Most interesting thing you saw
Abiotic factor
Other concept you saw that we’ve covered in class ___________________________
Challenge concepts: (each worth two optional concepts)
How settlers relied on prairie resources
How prairie is connected to bayou
Rubric: Photo journal
Element
Name ______________________________________
Point
value
Standards
Expectation sheet
completed
Slides – each with four
required parts
1 pt: title
2 pts: picture
1 pt: definition
2 pts: explanation
20
Primary Producer
Herbivore
Carnivore
Ecosystem service
Evidence of fire
Invasive (non-native) species
Gulf Coastal Prairie
Ecotourism
A resource important to Galveston Bay
One biotic relationship
(mutualism/commensalism/parasitism)
Six optional slides
16 x
6=
96
pts
Professionalism/Neatness of slides
10
Project submitted to
classroom computer on
time
Strengths of this project
Pts
earned
20
Things that could have been better
Total score
Photo Journal Expectation Sheet
Name ______________________________
Date _________________ Pd ___________
Directions: For each of the required terms, give write out the definition and list TWO things you might
expect to take a picture of on the field trip. Remember that we will see Gulf Coastal Prairie in the
morning and be on Armand Bayou in the afternoon.
Required concepts:
Primary Producer:
Two things you might take a picture of on the trip:
_______________________________
Herbivore:
_________________________________
Two things you might take a picture of on the trip:
_______________________________
Carnivore:
_________________________________
Two things you might take a picture of on the trip:
_______________________________
Ecosystem service:
_________________________________
Two things you might take a picture of on the trip:
_______________________________
Evidence of fire:
_________________________________
Two things you might take a picture of on the trip:
_______________________________
Invasive (non-native) species:
_________________________________
Two things you might take a picture of on the trip:
_______________________________
Gulf Coastal Prairie:
_________________________________
Two things you might take a picture of on the trip:
_______________________________
_________________________________
Ecotourism:
Two things you might take a picture of on the trip:
_______________________________
A resource important to Galveston Bay:
_________________________________
Two things you might take a picture of on the trip:
_______________________________
_________________________________
One biotic relationship (mutualism/commensalism/parasitism):
Two things you might take a picture of on the trip:
_______________________________
_________________________________
Optional concepts: For each of these, give the definition, and rank them in order of easiest
to hardest to find an appropriate picture.
_______Ecological benefit of fire:
_______A second, different biotic relationship:
_______Someone enjoying the prairie:
_______Habitat:
_______Three different native prairie grasses (this is ONE slide!):
_______Density-dependent limiting factor:
_______Adaptation:
_______Grazer:
_______Litter that might have come downstream from the prairie:
_______Most interesting thing you saw:|
_______Abiotic factor: