1. Succession Poster Project
7th Grade Science

2. What you will do:
Create an informational poster on either primary, secondary, or aquatic succession (you will be assigned a type of succession).
Poster should be neat, easy to read, and include information listed on rubric.
Resources: notes, textbook, and/or electronic devices.
Work in partners or independently.
Due date: 1/9/17.

3. RUBRIC Content Description Points Possible Points Received 10 25 20
Title, name, period
Easy to read, catchy title 10
Main Idea
What is a good, 7th grade definition of your type of succession?
5 Specific Details
Types of organisms, time, etc. 25
What Occurs
What exactly is happening? 20
Drawing
Accurate, big, colorful, detailed (labeled)
Words to include
Rock, moss, lichen, small plants, bushes, shrubs, softwood trees (pine), hardwood trees (oaks, redwoods), climax community, pioneer species
RUBRIC

4. Words to include on poster
rock
mosses
lichens
small plants
bushes/shrubs
softwood trees- pines
hardwood trees- oaks, redwoods
climax community
pioneer species