Turn This Sheet in with Your Project

Name ______Due Date: ______

Classification Poster

Turn this sheet in with your project!!

Step 1: Choose a specific organism. ______

Step 2: Research the taxonomy of this organism. Fill in the blanks below.

Kingdom: ______

Phylum: ______

Class: ______

Order: ______

Family: ______

Genus: ______

Species/Scientific Name: ______

Step 3: Find 5 unique/interesting facts about your species.

Step 4: Type the information that you have found. Use the checklist below to make sure you have included and printed out everything you will need for the poster.

**KEEP IN MIND THIS MUST FIT ON A PIECE OF CONSTRUCTION PAPER**

Title: Common Name and Scientific Name (use a larger font in order for it to stand out on your poster)
Levels of Classification (remember how to properly type the genus and species/scientific name, example on back)
2 pictures of your animal (preferably in color, print out from internet or magazine)
Print out or write 5 facts about your animal. Make sure these facts are interesting or unique!

EXAMPLE

COMMON NAME: Great Horned Owl

SPECIES/SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bubo virginianus

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Strigiformes

Family: Strigidae

Genus: Bubo (italicized, first letter capitalized)

Species/Scientific Name: Bubo virginianus (italicized, first word capitalized, second word lowercase)

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3 / 2 / 1
Title / Common name and scientific name are highly visible / Common name and scientific name are present, not highly visible / Missing common name or scientific name, not highly visible
Pictures / Two or more pictures are included on poster / One picture is included on poster / No pictures are included on poster
Presentation / Levels of classification and titles have been typed, neatness / Levels of classification and titles have been typed, improve neatness / Levels of classification or titles are not typed, messy
Organism Taxonomy / All seven levels are represented/in order, genus/species is properly typed / Missing 1-2 levels of classification, genus or species is not properly typed / Missing more than 2 levels of classification, out of order, genus or species not properly typed
Student Name / Name is on the front of the poster / No name present on poster (ZERO POINTS)
Rubric / Distributed rubric was submitted with the project / Distributed rubric was NOT submitted with the project (ZERO POINTS)
Facts / 5 facts are included on the poster, complete sentences, no spelling/grammatical errors / 3-4 facts are included on the poster, complete sentences, some spelling/grammatical errors / Less than 3 facts are included on the poster, lacking complete sentences, spelling/grammatical errors
TOTAL / ______/19