The following is a table of the earth's biomes
as it should look when the student completes it. The following table
is also a rubric to grade the table.
EARTH’S BIOMES
Biome |
Country
and Continent
|
Animals
|
Plants
|
Coniferous
Forest
|
Canada and U.S.: NORTH AMERICA |
bears, elk mountain lions, wolves |
evergreen, cedar, hemlock , pines |
Deciduous
Forest
|
AUSTRALIA, ASIA
Spain, Switzerland, Germany: EUROPE |
deer, raccoons, squirrels, |
maple, elm, oak |
Grassland
|
Romania: EUROPE Zimbabwe: AFRICA |
antelope, buffalo, wolves, coyote, elephants,
giraffes. |
herbaceous plants, plants that are eaten by animals. |
Tropical
Rainforest
|
AUSTRALIA
Congo, Ivory Coast: AFRICA
India: ASIA SOUTH
AMERICA |
colorful birds, many insects, monkeys, snakes, bats |
palms, ferns, big leaf
evergreens, climbing vines, |
Desert
|
AUSTRALIA
Niger, Sudan: AFRICA
U.S.: N. AMERICA |
lizards, snakes, rodents, spiders |
cactus, small shrubs, |
Tundra
|
Canada, Greenland: NORTH AMERICA Norway: EUROPE Arctic: ASIA |
polar bears, wolves, foxes, caribou |
low shrubs, lichens |
Marine
|
All over the world
All oceans |
whales, dolphins, crabs, fishes, lobsters, sharks |
seaweed, kelp, sargassum |
CATEGORY |
Excellent |
Good |
Satisfactory |
Needs Work |
Data Table |
Data in the table is well
organized, accurate, and easy to read. |
Data in the table is
organized, accurate, and easy to read. |
Data in the table is accurate
and easy to read. |
Data in the table is not
accurate and/or cannot be read. |
Data |
Listed 5 biomes, 1 continent,
1 country, 3 animals, and 2 plants per biome. |
Listed 4 biomes, 1 continent,
1 country, 2 animals and 2 plants per biome |
Listed 4 biomes, 1 continent,
1 country, 2 animals, 1 plant per biome |
Listed 3 biomes, 1 continent,
1 animal per biome. |
Title |
Title is printed at the top
center of the Table |
Title is printed at the top of
the graph. |
A title is present somewhere
in the table page |
A title is not present. |
Labeling of table |
The table is labeled at the
top of the table. Labels are
clear and neat. |
The table is labeled at the
top of the table. |
The table is labeled somehow. |
The table is not labeled. |
Neatness and Attractiveness |
Exceptionally well designed,
neat, and attractive. Colors were added to go well together and make the
table readable. A computer program was used. |
Neat and relatively
attractive. A computer program was used to make the table more
readable. |
Table is neat but the
table appears quite plain. |
Appears messy and not place on
the page well. |
Software Learning |
The work demonstrates that the
student knows how to use the software accurately and clearly. |
The work demonstrates that the
student knows how to use most of the software. |
The work demonstrates student
knows how to use some parts of the software . |
The student does not appear to
know how to use the software without assistance. |
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