Terrestrial and Aquatic Biome Infographic

In pairs of your choosing, you will be assigned either a terrestrial biome (tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, desert,
temperate grassland, savannah, tropical rainforest, or alpine mountain) or an aquatic biome (marine, freshwater ponds & lakes,
freshwater rivers & streams, wetland estuaries, or wetland marshes & swamps). You must research your biome by searching Google,
or by visiting www.blueplanetbiomes.org or www.ducksters.com. Your research needs to include the following information: 1.
Characteristics about your biome (weather & location); 2. Plants in your biome; 3. Animals in your biome; and 4. A fun fact about
your biome. Between you and your partner, each person is responsible for 2 of the 4 items. I can grade the content portion of the
infographic together, or I can grade your parts of the infographic individually. You will use Canva to create an aesthetically pleasing
and appropriate infographic that is in color and has no spelling or grammatical errors.

Terrestrial and Aquatic Biome Infographic Rubric

All 4 Items (50 ¾ Items 2/4 Items ¼ Items 0 Items

points) (45 points) (40 points) (35 points) (0 points)
Content Characteristics Characteristics Characteristics Characteristics Characteristics
(weather & (weather & (weather & (weather & (weather &
location), location), location), location), location),
Plants, Plants, Plants, Plants, Plants,
Animals, & Animals, & Animals, & Animals, & Animals, &
Fun Fact Fun Fact Fun Fact Fun Fact Fun Fact
Creativity & Aesthetically Aesthetically Aesthetically Aesthetically Aesthetically
Tool pleasing, pleasing, pleasing, pleasing, pleasing,
Proficiency Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate
template, template, template, template, template,
Colored, & Colored, & Colored, & Colored, & Colored, &
No spelling or No spelling or No spelling or No spelling or No spelling or
grammatical grammatical grammatical grammatical grammatical
errors errors errors errors errors
Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes Presentation

Each group of 4 (one terrestrial biome pair and one aquatic biome pair) will create a presentation to compare/contrast those biomes
in terms of their characteristics, plants, animals, and fun facts. Each group must choose between 3 presentation tools (Canva, Padlet,
and Voice Thread) and justify its use of the tool during its presentation about its findings to the class. Additionally, each group will
need to answer one of the following critical thinking questions to the class during its presentation: 1. What human activities are
harmful to your biomes? 2. How can humans protect your biomes? 3. Why is it important to study and understand biomes?

Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes Presentation Rubric

Exceptional Above Average Average Below Average Didn’t Do It

Tool Proficiency You explained why You explained why You explained why You only There was no
you chose your you chose your you chose your mentioned your mention of your
digital tool over the digital tool over digital tool. (8 digital tool. (7 digital tool. (0
other two tools. (10 one of the other points) points) points)
points) tools. (9 points)
Content Compare/Contrast: Compare/Contrast: Compare/Contrast: Compare/Contrast: Compare/Contrast:
Characteristics, Characteristics, Characteristics, Characteristics, Characteristics,
Plants, Animals, & Plants, Animals, & Plants, Animals, & Plants, Animals, & Plants, Animals, &
Fun Facts (50 Fun Facts (45 Fun Facts (40 Fun Facts (35 Fun Facts (0 points)
points) points) points) points)
Critical Thinking You thoroughly You thoroughly You did a good job You briefly You did not answer
Question answered 2 critical answered a critical answering a critical mentioned a critical a critical thinking
thinking questions. thinking question. thinking question. thinking question. question. (0 points)
(10 points) (9 points) (8 points) (7 points)
Creativity Aesthetically Aesthetically Either aesthetically Not aesthetically
pleasing with no pleasing with a few pleasing or few pleasing and has
spelling or spelling or spelling or many spelling or
grammatical errors grammatical errors grammatical errors grammatical errors
(10 points) (9 points) (8 points) (7 points)
Collaboration Each member Most members Half of the Shows limited Your group did not
 contributed equally contributed members collaboration (7 collaborate. (0
showing strong showing proficient contributed points) points)
teamwork skills (10 teamwork skills (9 showing okay
points) points) teamwork skills (8
points)
Presentation Your group’s Your group’s Your group’s Your group’s Your group did not
presentation was presentation was presentation was presentation was present to the class
organized, missing one thing missing two things missing three (0 points)
interesting, clearly listed in the listed in the things in the
spoken, and shared exceptional exceptional exceptional
equally. (10 points) category. (9 points) category. (8 points) category. (7 points)