Ecosystem Diorama Project

PART 1

• Ecosystem Description! Choose an ecosystem that you would like to learn more about from one of the major ecosystems- (Desert,ocean or Tropical Rainforest)! Then, research your ecosystem on one of the given links, books,

Part 1 ContinuedYou have to have into account this different aspects:•What is an ecosystem?•Climate and needs of plants and animals in your ecosystem.•Some animals, description and food.•Some plants, description and food.•Interactions.•Food chain.•You have to take notes when your partners talk about their ecosystems, because you have to make a report about each of the different ecosystems.

PART 2

• Make a DIORAMA out of a box to show what your ecosystem looks like! Create your ecosystem by using craft supplies and items around your house or drawing or printing out pictures! Get as creative as you would like!

Ocean Ecosystem

Rainforest Ecosystem

Desert Ecosystem

PART 3

• Create an imaginary animal that could live in your ecosystem! This is NOT a real animal. It must be adapted to the ecosystem you have chosen. Answer the following questions on an index card (4 to 7 sentences):

• What is your animal’s name? (example- catdog)• What does it look like? • Is it a carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore? • What type of adaptations does it have to survive

PART 4

• Draw or create your imaginary animal put it in your diorama or poster. You may use crayons, markers, colored pencils to draw OR create the imaginary animal with other craft supplies.