Name:__________________________________
Assigned System:_________________________________
Human Body Project: You be the Teacher!!!
You will be researching one of the human body systems. Upon completion of the
research you will create a presentation about your assigned body system.
Your Task is outlined below; for specific requirements and how we will grade, use the rubric
also found on the reverse side of this sheet:
1. Determine what comprises the levels of organization for your system (find out the cells,
tissues, organs, etc. involved with your system.
2. Make sure you understand and can describe the jobs of each the organs in your system
to an audience
3. Create a poster that contains and demonstrates the levels of organization (starts with a
cell in your body system and ends with your body system)
4. Prepare a 5-7min POLISHED presentation highlighting: the individual jobs of organs as
well as the overall job(s) of your body system, how homeostasis relates to your system,
an outlined experiment (designed by you) to see how your system’s homeostasis can
be disrupted, and feedback mechanism(s) your system uses to detect/maintain
homeostasis
5. You must submit a properly formatted (APA style) Works Cited page.
6. Use the rubric on the reverse side of this paper to review specific requirements!!!
Human Body System Presentation Rubric:
Component
Comments
0
1
2
Show 3 of 4 in
correct order or
show 4 in
incorrect order
most (75%) of
organs
1. Hierarchy
Only system
Show 2 of 4 in correct
order or show 3 in
incorrect order
2. Complete System
Less than 50% of
organs
Some (50%) of
organs
3. Jobs of organs
Did not tell what
any organ did
Explained the job of
some (50%) organs
Explained the
job of (75%) of
organs
4. Homeostasis
No mention of
Homeostasis
Uses word, but no
explanation
Brief
description, but
does not relate
5. Feedback
Mechanism
No mention of
feedback
Uses word, but no
explanation
Brief
description, but
does not relate
6. Experiment
No mention of
experiment
Mention of
experiment, but no
procedure
Experiment and
procedure
explained to
class
7. Sources Cited
No mention of
sources
1-2 sources cited in
MLA/APA format
Presentation Style
0
1
3-4 sources
cited in
MLA/APA
format
2
Student conducted two of
the following: Never
looked at the audience,
spoke in a quiet voice,
and was not prepared
and relied on notecards,
slides or other group
members for assistance
Student
conducted one of
the following:
Never looked at
the audience,
spoke in a quiet
voice, and was
not prepared and
relied on
notecards, slides
or other group
members for
assistance
Presentation had a clear
beginning OR ending
Presentation had
either an exciting,
attention grabbing
beginning OR
creative ending
3
Multiplier
Total
possible
Show all four in
incorrect order
3
9
All organs
3
9
4
12
5
15
5
15
6
18
2
6
1
3
1
3
1
3
Explained the
job of every
organ
Explains
homeostasis
and relates to
body system.
Explains
Feedback and
relates to body
system.
Experiment and
procedure
explained to
class with
expected results
5-6 sources
cited in
MLA/APA
format
3
Looked at the
audience the
majority of the
time, spoke with a
loud confidence
voice, did not rely
on notecards,
slides or other
group members for
assistance
Students make eye
contact, speak with
confidence, and are well
prepared
Never looked at the
audience, spoke in a
quiet voice and was
not prepared and
relied on notes or
other group
members for
assistance
Presentation includes
clear introduction and
conclusion (not just “the
end”)
Presentation had no
clear beginning or
ending
Presentation aids are
relevant to the material
and informative to the
audience
Presentation aids
were sloppy, had
several spelling
and/or grammar
mistakes and
minimal color or
pictures
Presentation aids lacked
color and creativity but
was not sloppy
Presentation aids
were colorful, had
a few pictures
and minimal
spelling or
grammar
mistakes
Presentation aids
contain minimal text and
students do not read off
of aids and was not a
scripted presentation
Presentation aids
had paragraphs of
information that the
students read from
Presentation aids had
paragraphs of
information that students
read from but the
students also included
some information not on
the presentation aids
Presentation aids
contained minimal
text but the
students relied on
notecards for
information
Presentation aids
contained minimal
text and students
did not read off of
the slides
1
3
Presentation aids are
easy to read and free of
distracting backgrounds,
fonts, and unrelated
images
Presentation aids
are difficult to read
(font color,
background color,
etc.) and contained
images not related
to the system
Presentation aids were
difficult to read but did
not contain any unrelated
images
Presentation aids
contained a few
elements of
distracting
backgrounds or
unrelated images
Entire presentation
was free of
distracting
background and
unrelated images
and was easy to
read and follow the
entire time
1
3
Students used
attention grabbing
techniques to
begin the
presentation and
the conclusion
Presentation aids
were colorful,
creative, no
spelling or
grammar
mistakes, included
many pictures and
engaged the
audience and were
attention grabbing
Total
/100