Name: ____________________ Section: ________ Date: ____________

Design a Creature
You are a scientist that is assigned to work in a new ecosystem. Your task is
to design a new creature that will be able to survive in this ecosystem. This
creature will only be allowed to enter the ecosystem if you can convince a
team of scientists that your creature is fit for the new ecosystem. You will
create a poster that must include the following:

o Name of your creature

o A picture of your creature with four adaptations drawn and labeled-

think about their teeth, color, coverings, what food they eat, how they
get their food, sight, hearing, how they move, etc.

o Write one paragraph about each of the 4 adaptations that explains why
your creature needs each of them.

o Your creature shown in your assigned ecosystem.

o Three features of your assigned ecosystem.

Partner’s Name: ___________________

Assigned Ecosystem: _______________________

Name: ____________________ Section: ________ Date: ____________

Design a Creature Rubric

Student Name: Target (3) Acceptable (2) Unacceptable
(1)

Name of Name of creature Name of creature Name of creature

creature is written clearly is not clearly is not written.
on the poster. written on the
poster.
Adaptations There are four There are two to There is one or
drawing adaptations three fewer
included in the adaptations adaptations
picture and included in the included in the
labeled. picture and picture and
labeled. labeled.
Adaptations There is one There is one There is one
description paragraph paragraph paragraph
written for each written for two to written for one or
of the four three of the fewer of the
adaptations. adaptations. adaptations.
Picture of The creature is The creature is The creature is
creature drawn with all drawn with two drawn with one
four adaptations. to three or fewer
adaptations. adaptations.
Ecosystem The creature is The creature is The creature is
drawing shown in the shown in an not shown in any
ecosystem ecosystem but ecosystem.
assigned. not the one that
was assigned.
Ecosystem Three features of One to two The are no
description the assigned features of the features of the
ecosystem are assigned assigned
listed. ecosystem are ecosystem listed.
listed.

Score _____/ 18

Name: ____________________ Section: ________ Date: ____________

Design a Creature Outline

Name of creature: ________________________________

Assigned ecosystem: _______________________________

What are three features of your assigned ecosystem?

1.

2.

3.

Adaptation 1: ______________________________

Why does your creature need this adaptation?

______________________________________________________________________________

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Adaptation 2: _______________________________

Why does your creature need this adaptation?

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

__________

Adaptation 3: ______________________________

Why does your creature need this adaptation?

______________________________________________________________________________

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Adaptation 4: ______________________________

Why does your creature need this adaptation?

______________________________________________________________________________

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Sketch of your creature: