Levels of Organization Project

Honors Biology

Description of ProjectFormat: book (layered or regular)

Titles required:

•Project must be titled on cover

•Each page/level must have a title

•Name and class period present

Review of Ecological Levels• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome (the one that is assigned)

• Biosphere

**Use Chapter 35-36 for reference

Layout of Book – Level Pages• One page for each ecological level

– Organism (must have one plant and one animal from biome)

– Population (must have one plant population and one animal population different from organism level from biome)

– Community– Ecosystem (biotic and abiotic components of biome)– Biome (description and facts about your biome)– Biosphere (definition and description)

Layout of Book – Community Interactions Pages

• To be placed after biome and before biosphere• One can be an example of predator-prey within

your biome• The second page must be a symbiotic

relationship that occurs in your biome.• Make sure organisms are labeled and that the

interaction is described and defended as it is classified.

Grading of Project1. Organization/Neat: 1 point

2. All titles present – book and each page: 2 points

3. Content of organism, population, community, ecosystem levels– Definition of level - 1 point– Pictures/drawings with labels & descriptions – 2 points– Labels of biotic and abiotic – 1 point

4. Content of Biome– Definition – 1 point– Pictures/drawings with labels & descriptions – 2 points– Geographic location & Climate - 2 points

5. Content of Biosphere Level– Definition and picture/drawing – 2 points

6. Interactions Pages– Picture/Drawing – 1 point– Labels and description of interaction – 2 points

7. Citations Present on each page – 2 points

8. Color/Creative: at least 3 used – 1 point