The Dream Ecosystem Project!
Invent Your Own Ecosystem!
You will be designing your own ecosystem and creating a booklet or brochure about it. You may work in
groups of 1, 2, or 3. All work is to be double spaced, standard 12 pt. font, and 1 inch margins. Standard
English grammar, punctuation, spelling, and composition rules apply. You will need to create at least one
page for each of the following:
Page 1: A Cover Page. Should have the title of your ecosystem and look cool.
Page 2:
The Abiotic Factors: Create a unique climatogram showing the average
temperatures and rainfall for your ecosystem.
Pages 3-6 (you may use more pages if you wish): The Biotic Factors: Create unique
plants and wildlife for your ecosystem. You should have two types of producers, two
primary consumers, two secondary consumers, and one tertiary consumer (7 altogether).
Each plant and animal will need:
a. A hand-drawn sketch with label (Genus species, plus you may include a
common name as well)
b. If it’s a plant, you will need a botanical description of it, where this plant
is found, and how large it grows.
c. If it’s an animal, you will need a description of its habitat, what it eats,
its size, and at least one special adaptation it has that allows it to live in that
environment.
Page 7: Draw a food web of your ecosystem. Label each organism.
Page 8: Create an ecological pyramid for your ecosystem (Choose either an energy
pyramid or a biomass pyramid).
a. This should include numerical values and units.
b. This should be labeled with the trophic levels and organism names.
Preliminary outline and the names of everyone in your group due:
Oct. 4
Project due Wednesday Oct. 10!!!!! Late submissions will be subject to half off!!
THIS PAPER MUST BE INCLUDED WITH YOUR PROJECT! STAPLE IT TO THE BACK!
RUBRIC FOR DREAM ECOSYSTEM PROJECT
NAMES:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Cover page
Abiotic Factors
7 Sketches
Producers
Producer 1
2 pts
Exciting, neatly done
3 pts
Unique Climatogram with
correct units for rainfall and
temperature. Neatly done,
correct grammer/spelling.
Labeled.
2 pts each
Neat, in color, correctly
labeled.
2 pts each
Botanical description, where
it’s found, size. All correct
grammar, neatly done
Producer 2
Botanical description, where
it’s found, size. Correct
grammar, neatly done
Consumers
Primary Consumer 1
3 pts each
Description of its habitat,
food, size and special
adaptation. Correct
grammar, neatly done.
Description of its habitat,
food, size and special
adaptation. Correct
grammar, neatly done.
Description of its habitat,
food, size and special
adaptation. Correct
grammar, neatly done.
Description of its habitat,
food, size and special
adaptation. Correct
grammar, neatly done.
Description of its habitat,
food, size and special
adaptation. Correct
grammar, neatly done.
2 pts
Correctly organized, neat,
labeled
2 pts
Correctly organized, neat,
labeled
Primary Consumer 2
Secondary
Consumer 1
Secondary
Consumer 2
Tertiary Consumer
Food Web
Eco-pyramid
1 pt
Neatly done
2 pt
Climatogram is
incomplete, missing
either rainfall OR temp.
Sloppy.
0 pt
Missing
0 pt
Poorly done,
incorrect, or
missing.
Total
____/2
____/3
1 pt each
Neat but missing either
a label or color
1 pt each
Missing one (either
description, where it’s
found, or size), OR
incorrect grammar
Missing one (either
description, where it’s
found, or size), OR
incorrect grammar
2 pts each
Missing one (habitat,
food, size, adaptation),
OR incorrect grammar
0 pt
Missing or sloppy
____/14
Missing one (habitat,
food, size, adaptation),
OR incorrect grammar
Sloppy, missing
more than one
criteria
____/3
Missing one (habitat,
food, size, adaptation),
OR incorrect grammar
Sloppy, missing
more than one
criteria
____/3
Missing one (habitat,
food, size, adaptation),
OR incorrect grammar
Sloppy, missing
more than one
criteria
____/3
Missing one (habitat,
food, size, adaptation),
OR incorrect grammar
Sloppy, missing
more than one
criteria
____/3
1 pt
Missing parts, sloppy
0 pt
Missing/very
sloppy
0 pt
Missing/very
sloppy
1 pt
Missing parts, sloppy
0 pt
Sloppy, missing
more than one
criteria
Sloppy, missing
more than one
criteria
0 pt
Sloppy, missing
more than one
criteria
Total Points:
____/2
____/2
____/3
____/2
____/2
____/42