Aquatic Organism Poster

You will create an information sheet about an aquatic organism of your choice. This sheet should be in the form of a poster (choice of 8 x 11, 8 x 14, or 11 x 17 paper).

Your poster should include:

• * Name of organism (both scientific name and common name)
• * Picture of organism
• * Simple food chain organism is a part of
•              a. How does this organism obtain its food?
•              b.What would happen to this food chain if the organism was to be endangered?
• * Habitat
•             a. What makes a good habitat for this organism?
•             b. Where in the world does this organism live (range)?
•             c. What limits this organism's range?
• * What are the human impacts on this organism?
• * Are there any unusual or interesting facts that you discovered about your organism?

Your poster should:

• * Be colourful
• * Be easy to read
• * Have clear headings
• * Have a bibliography

Web Links

Open Water Habitat  Excellent Resource with PDF pamphlets.

MarineBio  Scroll down on the right for Marine Species

Into the Abyss  Check out the Deep Sea Bestiary

Deep Sea Pages  Not beauriful but lots of info.

Ocean Life  Scroll half way down the page for links to animals

Sealife and Ocean Studies Directory  Scroll down for individual types of organisms

Oceans Alive

Marine Life  Lots of good links

Ocean Animal Printout  Ourline drawings of the ocean animals

Food Webs and Challenges of the Marine Environment  Good general info about the marine food web

TOPIC: Science, Life Sciences, Marine Biology 

Fish, Birds and Mammals of the Open Ocean