Term 3 Project (optional)
Choose Only One---Due March 7 (Friday)
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--Neatness of product, accuracy of the information, and the overall appearance are vital to the
project. If you have questions, please ask early and often.
--Work needs to be in your own words. Do not copy and paste someone else’s work/words and claim
them as your own.
1. Poster—large poster board or foam board (NO tri-boards)
Using a poster board (any color), construct a biome (land or water). Include plants and animals that you
would find in that particular biome. Include the following:
 Title (5 pts)
 At least 5 animal species (include names) found in your chosen biome (pictures) (10 pts)
 At least 5 plant species (include names) found in your chosen biome (pictures) (10 pts)
 The average temperature (winter/summer) (5pts)
 The average yearly rainfall/precipitation (5pts)
 A food web (minimum of 8 organisms) that occurs in your chosen biome (10 pts)
 An energy pyramid that represents your biome (producers, primary/secondary consumers and
any tertiary consumers) (5 pts)
 A world map that shows where your chosen biome is located (5 pts)
 All sources must be written (or typed and glued) on the back of the poster (5 pts)
 Name, class and date must be on the back of the poster (5 pts)
 Explain environmental issues that impact your biome (5 pts)
 Endangered species—list at least 1 species on your poster (5 pts)
 Invasive species---list at least 1 species on your poster (5 pts)
 Neatness of product and overall appearance (20 pts)
2. Biome in a Box
Students will create a three-dimensional model of a biome using a box (shoebox or similar size box).
 All inside walls of the box should be decorated (painted, collage of pictures, etc.) to represent the
overall appearance of the biome that you have chosen. (10 pts)
 Cover the outside of the box to continue the overall appearance of your biome (example: If a
student is creating a desert biome, the student could cover the exterior of the box with brown paper
to continue the theme or might even paint the exterior of the box to look like sand.) (10 pts)
 Include 3 animals that represent the biome (10 pts)
 Include 3 plants that represent the biome (10 pts)
 Tape or glue a world map showing where your biome is located to the outside of the box (right
side) (5 pts)
 Tape or glue a food web (6 organisms) of your biome to the outside of the box (left side) (5 pts)
 Title: create a stand-up title that is attached to the top of the box---continue the theme of the biome
in the title (5 pts)
 Back exterior of box---Name & Class period on back of box (5 pts)
 Back exterior of box---Explain any environmental issues that are impacting your biome (5 pts)
 Back exterior of box---All sources must be written/typed (glued) on the back of the box (5 pts)
 Endangered species—list at least 1 endangered species on back of the box (5 pts)
 Invasive species---list at least 1 species on back of the box (5 pts)
 Neatness of product and overall appearance (20 pts)
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Term 3 Project (optional)
3. Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, and Parasites Poster—large poster board (NO tri-boards)
Include the following:
 Title (10 pts)
 Name, class and date must be on the back of the poster (10 pts)
 List all resources on the back of the poster (10 pts)
 Causes, incidence, and risk factors (10 pts)
 3 pictures (10 pts)
 Symptoms, signs or tests(10 pts)
 transmission (10 pts)
 Treatment (10 pts)
 Prevention (10 pts)
 Poster board any color (10 pts)
List:
E. coli
Pseudomonas putida
Lyme disease
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Diphtheria
Strep throat
Measles
Mumps
H1N1
Sleeping sickness
Malaria
Roundworm
Pinworm
Amoebic dysentery
Cholera
Salmonella
Pneumonia
Typhoid fever
Botulism
West Nile virus
Ringworm
Smallpox
Polio
HIV/AIDS
HPV
Yellow fever
4. Genetics Disorder----Poster—large poster board or foam board (NO tri-boards)
Include the following:
 Title (10 pts)
 Name, class and date must be on the back of the poster (10 pts)
 List all resources on the back of the poster (10 pts)
 Causes, incidence, and risk factors (10 pts)
 3 pictures (10 pts)
 Symptoms (10 pts)
 Signs or tests (10 pts)
 Treatment (10 pts)
 Complications (10 pts)
 Poster board any color (10 pts)
List:
Sickle cell anemia
Down syndrome
Hemophilia
Celiac disease
Colorblindness
Cystic fibrous
Muscular dystrophy
Phenylktonuria
Tay-Sachs disease
Huntington’s disease
Turner syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome
Cri du chat syndrome
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Term 3 Project (optional)
Websites for help--http://www.mbgnet.net/index.html
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/ocean/
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
List--Antarctica
Arctic Tundra
Galapagos Islands
Mississippi Barrier Islands (Horn, Ship, Cat,
Petit Bois)
Mississippi Sound (coast to barrier islands)
Mississippi Coast
Biloxi Back Bay
Louisiana wetland
Sargasso Sea
Florida Everglades
Mangrove forest of Florida
DeSoto National Forest (Mississippi)
Tropical Rain forests—
Amazon River basin
Zaire basin (Africa)
Madagascar (eastern)
New Guinea
Queensland, Australia
Southeast Asia
Grasslands/Savannas—
Australian savanna
African savanna
North American Prairie
Pampas of South America
Desert (hot or cold) --Mojave (U.S.)
Sonoran (U.S.)
Chihuahuan (Mexico/U.S.)
Arabian (Arabian Peninsula)
Kalahari (Africa)
Monte (Argentina)
Sahara (Africa)
Thar (India/Pakistan)
Australian
Gobi (China/Mongolia)
Deciduous Forest--North America (eastern half)
South Western Ghats (southern India)
Central Korean deciduous forest
Manchurian (China)
Taiga--North American Taiga (Canada/Alaska)
Siberian Taiga (Russia)
Aquatic--The Great Lakes (Superior, Huron, Michigan,
Erie, Ontario)
Nile River (Africa)
Amazon River (South America)
Chang jang---Yangtze River
Mississippi-Missouri river system
Yenisei-Angara river system
Tigris-Euphrates river system
Lake Victoria (Africa)
Caspian Sea ---saltwater (Asia/Europe)
Great Barrier Reef of Australia
Coral Reefs in Belize
Hawai'i's coral reef
Red Sea coral reef
Andros Reef (Bahamas)
Cuba Reefs
Polar Seas (Arctic and Antarctica waters)
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean