Use these questions to help guide your research and complete the species biography. For this biography you do not need to make the pages on separate sheets of paper. Your research should be more extensive then for the species biography you did earlier this year. I do expect the biography to be about 2-3 pages of single spaced sized 12 font. You will need to use the Oceana Golden Page to format a works cited page with at least three web resources from which you draw information for the endangered species biography.
Habitat/niche -what are the life cycle stages of your organism? (at minimum this is juvenile and adult) -In which environment(s) does this animal live during each life stage? -How does the habitat help the animal meet its needs at each life stage? -Does the animal need specific environments for specific activities (i.e. reproduction or feeding)? -Does the animal normally migrate? If so, present the normal migration routes. | Food -What does the animal eat at each life stage? -How does the animal find food? -How much food does the animal require? -What are the animal’s predators at each life stage? | Obstacles for Survival -What natural threats (including predators) does the animal face during each life stage? -What threats does the animal face as a result of human activities at each life stage? | Adaptations -What adaptations does the animal have to enhance its survival or reproduction at each life stage? | Other interesting facts |
Rubric for Endangered Species Bio
Exceptional (5) | Satisfactory (3.5)only scoring in this column = 70% | Revisit (any RV cannot earn more then 60%) | |
Habitat/niche | The animal’s habitat & niche research is creatively well written and incorporated for all life stages. | The animal’s habitat & niche research is summarized/paraphrased for all life stages. | Cut & paste and/or Missing any part of satisfactory and/or font size other then 12 and/or altering default margins |
Interactions with other species | The animal’s interactions & food research is creatively well written and incorporated for all life stages. | The animal’s interactions & food research is summarized/paraphrased for all life stages. | Cut & paste and/or Missing any part of satisfactory and/or font size other then 12 and/or altering default margins |
Adaptations | The animal’s adaptations research is creatively well written and incorporated for all life stages | The animal’s Adaptations research is summarized/paraphrased for all life stages. | Cut & paste and/or Missing any part of satisfactory and/or font size other then 12 and/or altering default margins altering default margins |
Obstacles to survival | The animal’s natural and human obstacles research creatively well written and incorporated for all life stages | The animal’s natural and human obstacles research are summarized/paraphrased for all life stages. | Cut & paste and/or Missing any part of satisfactory and/or font size other then 12 and/or altering default margins |
Other interesting facts | Attempt to include additional information on animal creatively well written and incorporated for all life stages | Attempt to include additional information on animal is summarized/paraphrased for all life stages | Cut & paste and/or Missing any part of satisfactory and/or font size other then 12 and/or altering default margins |
WCP | Properly formatted (OHS Golden Page) WCP for more then three sources | Properly formatted (OHS Golden Page) WCP for three sources | Not properly formatted or less then three sources |
