EARTH

The following is a table of the earth's biomes as it should look when the student completes it. The following table is also a rubric to grade the table.

Biome	Country and Continent	Animals	Plants
Coniferous Forest	Canada and U.S.: NORTH AMERICA	bears, elk mountain lions, wolves	evergreen, cedar, hemlock , pines
Deciduous Forest	AUSTRALIA, ASIA Spain, Switzerland, Germany: EUROPE	deer, raccoons, squirrels,	maple, elm, oak
Grassland	Romania: EUROPE Zimbabwe: AFRICA	antelope, buffalo, wolves, coyote, elephants, giraffes.	herbaceous plants, plants that are eaten by animals.
Tropical Rainforest	AUSTRALIA Congo, Ivory Coast: AFRICA India: ASIA SOUTH AMERICA	colorful birds, many insects, monkeys, snakes, bats	palms, ferns, big leaf evergreens, climbing vines,
Desert	AUSTRALIA Niger, Sudan: AFRICA U.S.: N. AMERICA	lizards, snakes, rodents, spiders	cactus, small shrubs,
Tundra	Canada, Greenland: NORTH AMERICA Norway: EUROPE Arctic: ASIA	polar bears, wolves, foxes, caribou	low shrubs, lichens
Marine	All over the world All oceans	whales, dolphins, crabs, fishes, lobsters, sharks	seaweed, kelp, sargassum

CATEGORY	Excellent	Good	Satisfactory	Needs Work
Data Table	Data in the table is well organized, accurate, and easy to read.	Data in the table is organized, accurate, and easy to read.	Data in the table is accurate and easy to read.	Data in the table is not accurate and/or cannot be read.
Data	Listed 5 biomes, 1 continent, 1 country, 3 animals, and 2 plants per biome.	Listed 4 biomes, 1 continent, 1 country, 2 animals and 2 plants per biome	Listed 4 biomes, 1 continent, 1 country, 2 animals, 1 plant per biome	Listed 3 biomes, 1 continent, 1 animal per biome.
Title	Title is printed at the top center of the Table	Title is printed at the top of the graph.	A title is present somewhere in the table page	A title is not present.
Labeling of table	The table is labeled at the top of the table. Labels are clear and neat.	The table is labeled at the top of the table.	The table is labeled somehow.	The table is not labeled.
Neatness and Attractiveness	Exceptionally well designed, neat, and attractive. Colors were added to go well together and make the table readable. A computer program was used.	Neat and relatively attractive. A computer program was used to make the table more readable.	Table is neat but the table appears quite plain.	Appears messy and not place on the page well.
Software Learning	The work demonstrates that the student knows how to use the software accurately and clearly.	The work demonstrates that the student knows how to use most of the software.	The work demonstrates student knows how to use some parts of the software .	The student does not appear to know how to use the software without assistance.

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