Today's Goal: Write your first and second journal entry about your biome.
Here is what each journal entry will be about:
Journal Entry 1: Biotic Factors (plants and animals) and
Journal Entry 2: Abiotic Factors (weather, what does it look like)
Journal Entry 2: Predators and Prey
Journal Entry 4: Fun facts about your biome
Rubric for Journal Entry #1. When I grade your journal this is what I will use. All of you should try and get a 4 for each category. Make sure you READ what should be in each category!!
Journal Entry #2
Category
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Accuracy
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All of the plants and animals in the journal entry are the correct ones in the selected biome
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Most of the plants and animals written are accurate to the selected biome
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Few of the plants and animals written are accurate to the select biome
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Little or none of the plants and animals written are accurate to the selected biome
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No effort or did not complete this section.
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Pictures
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The travel journal picture catches the reader’s eye and is very well done.
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The travel journal picture is very well done.
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The travel journal picture is attractive but a bit messy.
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The travel journal picture is very messy and poorly done.
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No effort or did not complete this section
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Animals
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Four or more animal descriptions are present. There is one fact about each animal. It is easy to understand what the writer is saying.
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Three animal descriptions are present. There is one fact about each animal and it is easy to understand what the writer is saying.
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Two animal descriptions are present. There is one fact about each animal present only for some of the animals. It is not as easy to understand.
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Only one animal description is present. There is no fact about each animal present. Not easy to understand what the writer is saying.
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No effort or did not complete the section.
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Plants
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Four or more types of plants are listed. Three or more facts about the plants are described. It is easy to understand what the writer is saying.
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Three types of plants are listed. Two facts about the plants are described. It is easy to understand what the writer is saying.
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Two types of plants are listed. Only one fact about the plants is described. It is not as easy to understand what the writer is saying.
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Only one type of plant is listed. No facts about the plants are described. It is not easy to understand what the writer is saying.
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No effort or did not complete the section.
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Research Websites:
1. http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/index.html#terrestrial (click on your biome under terrestrial biomes)
2. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm (click on your biome under the map)
3. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html (click on your biome on the list to the right of the website)
1. http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/index.html#terrestrial (click on your biome under terrestrial biomes)
2. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm (click on your biome under the map)
3. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html (click on your biome on the list to the right of the website)
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Rubric for Journal Entry #2: When I grade your journal this is what I will use. All of you want to try and get a 4 for each category. Make sure you READ what should be in each category!!
Journal Entry #2
4
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3
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2
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1
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0
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Accuracy
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All of the abiotic factors in the journal entry are the correct ones in the selected biome
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Most of the abiotic factors written are accurate to the selected biome
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Few of the abiotic factors written are accurate to the select biome
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Little or none of the abiotic factors written are accurate to the selected biome
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No effort or did not complete this section.
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Pictures
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The travel journal picture catches the reader’s eye and is very well done.
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The travel journal picture is very well done.
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The travel journal picture is attractive but a bit messy.
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The travel journal picture is very messy and poorly done.
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No effort or did not complete this section
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Abiotic Factors
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Four or more abiotic factors about your biome are listed. You need at least two on the climate, one on the precipitation (rain or snow), and one on the soil.
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Three abiotic factors about your biome are listed.
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Two abiotic factors about your biome are listed.
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Only one abiotic factor about your biome is listed.
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No effort or did not complete the section.
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Research Websites:
1. http://kids.nceas.ucsb.edu/biomes/index.html#terrestrial (click on your biome under terrestrial biomes)
2. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/world_biomes.htm (click on your biome under the map)
3. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html (click on your biome on the list on the right of the website)
4. In google type in "your biome" and then "climate, precipitation, or soil"
Example: "Rainforest Biome climate" or "Decidious Forest soil" or "Tundra precipitation"
