CLASSIFICATION PROJECT – VERSION 1

Project Due Date: ______

The purpose of this project is to use your creativity to reinforce what we learned about Classification of Organisms. For this project, you will create a poster for any organism . You can choose an organism that lives in any part of the world and in any environment. Remember that projects count as a test grade.

Project Requirements

  1. You can either type this project or print VERY NEATLY.
  2. Your name, period, date, and “Science” must appear on the project. If you want it on the front, it must be very neat. Otherwise, just put it on the back of the poster.
  3. The poster must include the common name of the animal, as well as the scientific name (written using all of the rules of binomial nomenclature. See rubric for details). (Try to pick an animal that most of us are not familiar with.)

This information should stand out as the heading of your poster!

  1. For your animal, you must include all 8 levels of classification with a heading for each.
  2. Domain: ______
  3. Kingdom: ______
  4. Phylum: ______
  5. Class: ______
  6. Order: ______
  7. Family: ______
  8. Genus: ______
  9. Species: ______
  10. You must include at least 4 pictures of the animal in color and/or black and white.
  11. You must list at least 3 facts about your animal including:
  12. where it lives in the world,
  13. the type of environment it lives in (e.g., tropical rain forest or warm, wet, and humid conditions), and
  14. something special/unique about the organism
  15. You are welcome to list some additional facts

NOTE: You may not copy and paste from the internet. I check the internet for accuracy and original writing.

  1. The project will be marked for neatness, creativity, spelling, grammar, and accuracy.

Topic / Pts. / Pts. Earned / Comments
Identification Info.
  • Name
  • Period
  • Date
  • “Science Class” – neatness if on front of poster
/ 5
Completeness
  • Animal common name and scientific name is clear
  • Originality of animal selected
  • Scientific name is done correctly (underlined if not typed OR italics if typed, capital for genus and lower case for species)
  • All classification levels are included
  • Correct number of pictures
  • Correct number and content of facts
/ 50
Creativity
  • How your presentation appears overall
  • Neatness of appearance
  • Overall use of space and color
  • Layout of information
/ 25
Spelling & Grammar
  • Use of proper grammar
  • Accuracy of spelling
  • NO PLAGIARISM
/ 10
Presentation
  • Quality of presentation skills
  • Knowledge of material on poster
  • Ability to answer questions
/ 10
TOTAL / 100

Every day late -5 points. Rubric must be returned or 2points will be lost.