1. The Life Levels Book

2. Create your bound book!! Take two sheets of paper and separately fold them like a hamburger. Place the papers on top of each other, leaving 1/16 of an inch between the mountain tops.

3. Create your bound book!! Mark both folds one inch from the outer edges. On one of the folded sheets, cut from the top and bottom edge to the marked spot on both sides. Now unfold this piece of paper and lay it aside.

4. On the second folded sheet, start at one of the marked spots and cut the fold between the two marks. Take the cut sheet from step 3 and now fold it like a burrito. Place the burrito through the other sheet and then open the burrito. Fold the bound pages in half to from an eight-page book. Create your bound book!!

5. Page 1: Title: Organization of Life Name and class period Illustration that summarized the section

6. Page 2 Title: Biospheres Define a Biosphere Illustration Define Biotic and Abiotic Factors Give examples of each.

7. Page 3 Title: Ecosystem Define Ecosystem Give an example of a Ecosystem Illustrate your example Describe the difference between and ecosystem and the biosphere.

8. Page 4 Title: Food Chain and trophic levels Define a food chain Give an example of a food chain Illustration What is a trophic level? Provide an example Illustration

9. Page 5 Title: Food Web Define what a food web is Give an example of a complete food web Illustrate your examples

10. Page 6 Design a food web using the following organisms: wheat, rat, fox, human, cow, corn, rabbit, hawk, and grass. Use a colored pencil or marker to outline one single food chain. Indicate trophic levels as well as omnivores, herbivores, and carnivores.

11. Page 7 Ecological Pyramids How does an ecological pyramid work? Give an example of an ecological pyramid.

12. Page 8 Title: Communities Define Community Given an example of a community Illustrate your example Describe the main differences between biosphere, ecosystem, and community.

13. Page 9 Title: Populations Define Populations Give and example of a population Illustrate your example Describe the difference between population, community, and ecosystem

14. Page 10 Title: Organisms What is an organism? Illustrate and organism. Give examples of several different organisms and describe their niche. What is the difference between a niche and a habitat?

15. Page 11 Title: Levels of Organization Draw an illustration that demonstrates the difference in size and energy of each organizational level.

16. Page 12 List the organizational levels that make-up an organism. Define each level. Give two examples of each level.

17. Grading Rubric Page 1 : 5 pts Pages 2-10 : 5 pts each Pages 7 & 8 : 15 pts each Major Test Grade Project due 