Ecosystem Projects
Directions: Chose one project from each column. You will be completing the two
projects over the course of our unit. Rubrics will be handed out shortly to let you
know how I will be grading the projects. The 2 projects will be due on different
dates. You choose which project you want to do first and so on. The first one will be
due on February 26th. The second will be due on March 12th. You only have to do
two of the projects in total, not all in the two columns.
Column 1
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Fill out an umbrella tella on a
specific ecosystem.
Divide a shoe box into 2
sections with cardboard
separating the 2. Decorate the
shoe box to look like 2 different
ecosystems. (ex. Magazine
pictures of animals, dirt, paint
the sides, etc)
Create a poster to convince
someone to travel to a certain
ecosystem. Make sure to put
pictures and write some
persuasive statements as to
why someone would want to
travel there.
Column 2
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Pretend you are a predator or
prey. Write a persuasive letter
to the other saying why you
need to eat them or why you
shouldn’t be eaten. Talk about
food chains. (At least 1 ½
pages written or 1 page typed)
Make a collage of biotic factors
on one side and abiotic factors
on the other in an ecosystem.
(ex. Water and clouds on one
side and animals/plants on the
other.) Include at least 10 of
each kind.
Make a rap with all of the
ecosystems included and at
least one important fact about
each.
Make a board game to review
our study of ecosystems
(include things on
predator/prey, food chain,
human impact on the
environment, biomes, and how
different factors affect the
habitat).
REMEMBER: YOU’RE ONLY DOING TWO OF THESE TOTAL, ONE FROM EACH
COLUMN. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHICH ONE YOU DECIDE TO DO FIRST.
Ecosystem Projects
Directions: Chose one project from each column. You will be completing the two
projects over the course of our unit. Rubrics will be handed out shortly to let you
know how I will be grading the projects. The 2 projects will be due on different
dates. You choose which project you want to do first and so on. The first one will be
due on February 12th. The second will be due on February 26th. You only have to
do two of the projects in total, not all in the two columns.
Column 1



Fill out an umbrella tella on a
specific ecosystem.
Divide a shoe box into 2
sections with cardboard
separating the 2. Decorate the
shoe box to look like 2 different
ecosystems. (ex. Magazine
pictures of animals, dirt, paint
the sides, etc)
Create a poster to convince
someone to travel to a certain
ecosystem. Make sure to put
pictures and write some
persuasive statements as to
why someone would want to
travel there.
Column 2




Pretend you are a predator or
prey. Write a persuasive letter
to the other saying why you
need to eat them or why you
shouldn’t be eaten. Talk about
food chains. (At least 1 ½
pages written or 1 page typed)
Make a collage of biotic factors
on one side and abiotic factors
on the other in an ecosystem.
(ex. Water and clouds on one
side and animals/plants on the
other.) Include at least 10 of
each kind.
Make a rap with all of the
ecosystems included and at
least one important fact about
each.
Make a board game to review
our study of ecosystems
(include things on
predator/prey, food chain,
human impact on the
environment, biomes, and how
different factors affect the
habitat).
REMEMBER: YOU’RE ONLY DOING TWO OF THESE TOTAL, ONE FROM EACH
COLUMN. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHICH ONE YOU DECIDE TO DO FIRST.