Underwater Diorama Project

Due Date: November 23, 2023

Topic: Living Things and Their Environment
(underwater Animals)
1. Each pupil will create an underwater diorama (a scenic representation in which sculpted figures and lifelike details
Are displayed) showing the habitat of animals living in the water.
2. To create the diorama project, a shoe box or other small box may be used as the space for the diorama. The box
should not be bigger than an adult sized shoebox. Learners may use plastic figures or mold items from clay to
represent animals, plants, and objects in their projects.
3. Materials such as magazines (for photos), silk or plastic plants, popsicle sticks, toothpicks, glue, construction paper,
and other craft items may be used. Creativity is encouraged!
4. You will be creating a diorama of a habitat of your choice: (water)
• sea • Ocean • river • lake . pond
5. In your diorama, you should include all of the following:
(Please check off all of the items as you complete your project)
 You need to cover the inside of your box using paper. This should reflect the habitat that you chose. For
example, an ocean habitat would have a blue background to represent water.
 Write your name and the habitat you chose on the back of the box
 At least 5 animals that live in this habitat
 with plants and other creatures that live in this habitat
 Label the items in your habitat
 At the back of the shoebox, using an index card, describe your habitat by answering the following questions:
- Why did you choose this habitat?
- What types of plants and animals live in this habitat?
- What have you learned while doing this activity?
- How does the animals live underwater? Is it important to know how they live underwater?
- As a grade 4 learner, how can you take good care of the animal habitats around you?

After completing the project, we will display this during the YES-O Camp on November 24-25. This project will be
recorded as your performance task No. 2.
Please look at the attached examples to help you plan your project.
 Project Rubric

Approaching
Exceeds Expectations Meets
Expectations Not Yet Within
5 pts Expectations
3 pts Expectations
4 pts
2 pts

Animal The illustration is neat

The illustration
Illustration/ and colorful. The The illustration is
The illustration is has no color and
creativity picture clearly shows fairly neat and has
neat and colorful. is not neatly
the subject of the some color.
done.
project.

Report is neatly
Neatness and handwritten,
Most of the Only little part of
Overall conclusions were Poor
project was neat the project was
Presentation carefully thought handwriting and
and thought out, neat and thought
about, and you were no thought were
some attention out. Little attention
able to explain why put into project.
into details. put into details.
you chose this animal.

Was able to
Was able to accurately
accurately explain Include only a few No written
Written explain all of the
most of the sentences as their explanation was
explanation questions in the
questions in the explanation. provided.
explanation.
explanation.

Followed some of Did not follow

Was able to follow all Was able to
the instructions the instructions
of the instructions follow most of the
Content and given given and
given instructions given
Timeliness and submitted the submitted the
and submitted the and submitted the
project after the project after the
project on time. project on time.
submission date. submission date.