Name _________________________
Date _____________
Diversity of Life Project
Objective:
To help students understand the diversity of life, each student will prepare a children’s book about the six
kingdoms of life (Archaea, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia) and Viruses (although they are
not considered a living thing, they are still very interesting).
The childrens book must contain:
 Table of contents
 seven chapters (one for each group)
 a glossary of terms.
 Resource page – you need to cite ALL of your sources that you used to obtain the information for this
project
Use the textbook as a guideline and supplement with internet resources (especially for pictures). DO NOT
CUT AND PASTE FROM THE INTERNET!
*Any projects that are plagiarized will be given a zero!
**Projects must be hand written and legible!
For each kingdom/group make sure to include:

Defining characteristics of each kingdom (or viruses). Below are some examples (but not ALL)
of what you could include, but
o Types of environment they are found in
o Autotrophic or heterotrophic
o Prokaryotic or Eukaryotic
o Unicellular or multicellular

Major phyla (subgroups for viruses)

How they evolved

Example of a historical event involving that kingdom

Effect on humans – give both a positive (food, medicine, economics, etc) and negative (disease,
pests, etc.) example

PICTURES (This is the only part that you can get directly from the internet)
The project will be graded on content depth, accuracy, creativity, and overall effort. This project will count as a
full test grade. The project is due ____________________.
GRADING RUBRIC
Expert
6
Kingdom Archae
x2
Kingdom
Eubacteria
x2
Kingdom Protista
x2
Kingdom Fungi
x2
Kingdom Plantae
x2
Kingdom
Animalia
x2
Viruses
x2
Glossary
Table of Contents
Grammar/Spelling
Creative, Neat and
Organized
Practitioner
4
Novice
3
 Includes ALL
components from
checklist
 Includes ALL
components from
checklist
 Missing 1-2
components from
checklist
 Missing 1-2
components from
checklist
 Missing 3-4
components from
checklist
 Missing 3-4
components from
checklist
 Includes ALL
components from
checklist
 Includes ALL
components from
checklist
 Includes ALL
components from
checklist
 Includes ALL
components from
checklist
 Missing 1-2
components from
checklist
 Missing 1-2
components from
checklist
 Missing 1-2
components from
checklist
 Missing 1-2
components from
checklist
 Missing 3-4
components from
checklist
 Missing 3-4
components from
checklist
 Missing 3-4
components from
checklist
 Missing 3-4
components from
checklist
 Includes ALL
components from
checklist
 ALL terms are
clearly identified
and defined
 Organized well
and
 includes all
chapters
 All grammar and
 All spelling is
correct
 Very creative
 Nicely organized
 very neat
 Missing 1-2
components from
checklist
 Missing 1-2
terms/definitions
 Missing 3-4
components from
checklist
 Missing 3-4
terms/definition
 Not very clear
or
 Not clear at all
or
 missing 1-2
chapters
 1-2 mistakes on
spelling or
grammar
 There is some
creativity
 It is neat and
organized.
 missing more than
2 chapters
 More than 2
spelling or
grammar mistakes
 Could have taken
more time to make
sure that it is neat,
organized
 Missing creativity
Kingdom Archae
Kingdom Protista
Kingdom Animalia
 Defining characteristics
 Defining characteristics
 Defining characteristics
 Major phyla
 Major phyla
 Major phyla
 How they evolved
 How they evolved
 How they evolved
 Historical event
 Historical event
 Historical event
 Effects on humans (+, -)
 Effects on humans (+, -)
 Effects on humans (+, -)
 Pictures or Drawings
 Pictures or Drawings
 Pictures or Drawings
Kingdom Eubacteria
Kingdom Fungi
 Defining characteristics
 Defining characteristics
 Major phyla
 Major phyla
 How they evolved
 How they evolved
 Historical event
 Historical event
 Defining characteristics
 Effects on humans (+, -)
 Effects on humans (+, -)
 Subgroups
 Pictures or Drawings
 Pictures or Drawings
 How they evolved
Kingdom Plantae
Viruses
 Historical event
 Defining characteristics
 Effects on humans (+, -)
 Major phyla
 Pictures or Drawings
 How they evolved
 Historical event
 Effects on humans (+, -)
 Pictures or Drawings