Animal Habitat Poster Project
Project Objective: The students will demonstrate their knowledge of animal habitats by
creating a poster that depicts an animal’s: habitat in which it lives, niche (the role it
plays within that habitat), physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, and particular
behaviors.
Procedure:
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This project will be done at home and is due Wednesday, May 7, 2014.
Students will choose an animal to research
 Students may use books/internet websites to conduct their research. Some
helpful websites are:
 http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nw4.htm
 http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/animalindex/
Students will creatively display the following information in six separate sections on the
poster. Each section will be labeled as such:
 Habitat
 Niche
 Structural Adaptations
 Food Web
 Life Cycle
 Behavioral Adaptations
Students will use a standard size poster board to display their information
The animal should be hand-drawn or they can use a picture from a magazine or clip art
 This picture should show other nonliving and living items in the animal’s habitat
 Students should also display at least three other animals that are found
in this particular habitat
 The featured animal, as well as the other animals, should be neatly
labeled on the poster
The poster should have a title that identifies the primary animal and is displayed using
creativity
The background of the poster should be colored or made with construction paper,
colored paper, or some other material(s) to accurately depict the animal’s habitat
The student should prepare an oral presentation which will reflect the information
he/she learned about the animal (use note cards to plan this)
The rubric and graphic organizer should be attached to the backside of the poster, and
both the rubric and organizer are on the next pages
Name _______________________________________
Animal Project Poster
Points
Requirement
Points Earned
Possible
Poster has title
1
Poster is neat
2
Poster has 8-10 pictures
2
Poster answers 10 questions from graphic organizer
3
Graphic Organizer is attached to the back of poster
3
Resources are listed
2
Turned in on time
2
Total Points
15
Animal Project Presentation
Points
Requirement
Possible
Makes eye contact with audience
3
Speaks loudly enough to be heard clearly
3
Stands up straight, uses appropriate body language
2
Answers 10 questions from graphic organizer
2
Uses note cards
2
Answers questions
2
Ready for presentation on due date
1
Total Points
15
Points Earned
Graphic Organizer for Research
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Animal: _________________________
Habitat (where does the animal live?)
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 3 other animals in its habitat: ______________________________________
Niche (what role does the animal play in its habitat?)
 How does it help/affect other animals or organisms in its habitat?
_______________________________________________________________
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Structural Adaptations
 Describe the animal
o Color - ____________________________________________________
o Size/Weight - _______________________________________________
o Height/length - _____________________________________________
o Unusual characteristics? - _____________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Food web (What does the animal eat? What eats the animal?)
 _______________________________________________________________
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Life cycle
 What are the babies of this animal called? ____________________________
 How is this animal born (live birth/hatch from an egg?) __________________
 Describe the life cycle from birth to adult (complete or incomplete?)
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Behavioral Adaptations (anything related to its behavior that you might find very
interesting about this particular animal) List at least 3 facts:
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