Module 4: Student Website

Essential Question
 How are plants and animals dependent on their habitats?

Unit Questions
 What is the difference between a habitat and an ecosystem?
 How do plants and animals depend on each other?

Learning Objectives

1. Define populations, habitats, communities, and ecosystems (Knowledge)

2. Identify difference between ecosystem and habitat (Comprehension)
3. Diagram food chain and explain 4 parts (Analysis)
4. Recognize how pollination is a symbiotic process (Application)
Evaluation Rubric

D C B A

Discussion of Poor Partial Good understanding Excellent

Important Terms understanding of understanding of of understanding of all
Habitat, Ecosytem, Population terms. terms. Not all terms. Most but not 4 terms.
& Community covered. all covered.

Description of Food Chain/Web 1 component of food 2 components of food 3 components of 4 components of

chain described. chain described. food chain described. food chain described.

Symbiotic process of pollination Poor understanding of Partial understanding Good understanding Excellent
described. pollination. of pollination of pollination and understanding of
symbiosis. pollination and
symbiosis.
Writing Information presented Information presented Information well Information well
in confusing format. 5 in confusing format. 2- written but with 1-2 written. Clear and
or more grammatical 4 grammatical errors. grammatical errors concise. No
errors. grammatical errors.
Website Design No graphics. Order & Few graphics, order & Graphics, order & Graphics, order &
layout confusing. layout confusing. layout enhance layout enhance
Presentation Presentation understanding. Links understanding. Clean
cluttered. Links not cluttered. Links not appropriate and and uncluttered.
related and/or not related to content. working. Links appropriate and
working. working