Dog goes woof. Cat goes meow. Bird goes tweet. mouse goes squeak.

What does the Fox say?

Scientific Classification Project

You will review how scientists classify animalslike the fox. You will scientifically classify one specific species of foxand learn what sound it actually makes! Use the materials provided for your research or visit our class website for online resources. This project is worth 95 points. See rubric on page 2.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Complete the following tasks before beginning your project:

Read What Sound Does the Fox Really Make? on page 3. Complete the Main Idea and Supporting Details organizer on page 4. Read Identifying Species on page 5. Define the following words from page 5: biodiversity, characteristics, habitat, species, and traits. Read the information on page 7, 8 and 9. Complete the Part-to-Whole Analogies on page 10. Choose at least one species of fox to research from the Fact Sheets provided, or by researching independently. Collect information from the Fact Sheet or other sources using the Summary organizer on page 16.

PRESENTATION
Choose one of the projects listed below to present your information:

Write a parody song or rap. Create a poster or brochure. Create a slide show.

Write a poem. Create a video. Record a song.

SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
Choose one species of fox to scientifically classify in your project using the categories below:
Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus: Species:

CHARACTERISTICS
Answer the following questions and include them in your project:

What characteristics make your fox similar to/different from other fox species (habitat, behavior, traits)? What makes the species of fox you chose similar to/different from other animals in its family? Most importantly: What does the fox say?! Research the sounds your fox actually makes.

Project Rubric
5
Vocabulary Words 5 points Analogies (x2 points) 10 points Students identify Graphic Organizers Students identify important details that important details that (x4 points) support all main ideas support most main ideas 20 points and cite text evidence. and cite text evidence. Classification (x2 points) 10 points Student accurately identifies all classification groups. Student accurately identifies half of the classification groups. All five words are defined.

3
Three or four words are defined.

1
One or two words are defined. One quarter of the analogies are complete. Students identify important details that support few main ideas.

0
No words are defined.

All analogies are complete.

Half of the analogies are complete.

No analogies are completed.

No organizers are completed.

Student accurately No classifications identifies a few are completed. classification groups.

Student uses lots of Student includes creativity and includes Student includes little classification Project (x10 points) classification and classification and and few 50 points characteristics in characteristics in project. characteristics in project. project.

No project is completed.

Total:

____/95