Science Project due Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Title:  Characteristics of Living Things

Poster/PowerPoint Project

Worth 100 points

Due: Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Instructions: 

We are learning about the characteristics that all living things in nature share. 

Your goal with this assignment is to identify all 6 major characteristics of life, describe

each characteristic, and give an example of each one as well.  You may choose to

complete a poster or a PowerPoint, the guidelines for each are below.  Please be creative

about this project because it is 100 points and you do not want to wait to the last minute

to complete this project.  Here are the 6 characteristics you will need to cover, if you

don’t cover all 6 you will be deducted points!

Six Characteristics:

1. Living things are organized.  (All living things are made of cells)

2. Living things respond to the environment.

3. Living things use energy

4. Living things grow and develop

5. Living things reproduce

6. Living things exchange gases.

Poster Format

1. It must have the title: Characteristics of Living Things

2. It must have your name, date, and period on the back and your name on the front.

3. It must be neat and organized! (I can tell if you did this the night before!)

4. It must cover all 6 characteristics.

5. You must write each characteristic.

6. You must describe each characteristic.

7. You must draw or include pictures of examples of each characteristic.  No

inappropriate drawings or pictures please.  You can even include pictures of

yourself.

PowerPoint Format:

1. If you choose to complete the PowerPoint format please note that I will know if

you just slapped something together, so please put some work into it.

2. You will need to email it to me at: calliescience@gmail.com

3. You will need to follow the same guidelines as the poster format.

4. Make sure to include your name date and period on the first slide along with the

title.  Each slide must have a label!

5. After title slide make a slide listing the 6 characteristics.

6. You must turn in a print out of your PowerPoint, 6 slides per page is fine.

7. The more creative you are on the PowerPoint, the higher the grade!