Proof of life
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This document provides an overview and requirements for a "Proof of Life Project" assignment where students must research an organism, present information about its habitat, behavior, evolution, and ecological relationships through various formats like a presentation, paper, or video. Students are guided through learning about key topics like plagiarism, developing a dichotomous key, cladogram, and food web for their organism, and are given the opportunity to extend their project through additional research activities.
Proof of life
- 1. Proof Of Life Project Overview
- 2. Plagarism • http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what _is_plagiarism.html • http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what _is_citation.html
- 3. Requirements to Avoid Plagarism • Cite your sources (for pictures as well as text) • Avoid using too many direct quotes
- 4. Publishing • Publishing: To submit this assignment you can: 1) Create a power point presentation 2) Write a paper and include illustrations 3) Create a glogster 4) Create a wikispace 5) Create a video and/or podcast 6) Create a presentation poster (for your own records, if you choose a non-digital option I would recommend photographing your project so that you can include evidence of it in your high school portfolio) Use your imagination! See me if you have any questions
- 5. Class Notes • Characteristics of Life: SAG 4 Understanding Evolution: SAG 5 Organization of Life/Species/Genus/Cladogram: SAG 7 Dichotomous Keys: SAG 8 & 9 Food Web & Energy Pyramid: SAG 9 & 10 Habitat, Niche: SAG 12
- 6. Introduction (20-30 min) • Scientific name: – State the Genus and the Species in Latin – Example: Orcinus Orca • Habitat and Niche – Tell me about where the organism lives: • Geographic location • Temperature • Rainfall – Tell me about what the organism eats: • Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore? • Specific examples
- 7. Proof of Life (30 min) • How does the organism obtain energy: – Autotroph? Heterotroph? • How does your organism use energy: (Give 3 examples) – What does your organism do that uses energy? • How does your organism respond to stimuli in its environment: (Give 3 examples) – Hot? – Cold? – Light? – Rain? – Loud sounds? – Predators? – Interesting Behaviors? – Here are some examples of response of stimuli if you are confused: http://vimeo.com/7592583 • Grow and develop through life? (3 stages) – What does the organism look like when it’s one day old? One year old? Full-grown?
- 8. Evolution (30 to 40 min) • Make a cladogram: – http://ccl.northwestern.edu/simevolution/obonu/ cladograms/Open-This-File.swf – http://www.wellcometreeoflife.org/ • Must be organized into a relevant diagram • Traits used must show evolution
- 9. Requirements for Cladogram • Include a written explanation of the evolution of your animal • Include at least 4 stages of evolution My organism Origin of life
- 10. Example Cladogram unicorn horse frog horn Fish fur legs
- 11. Make Dichotomous Key (30 to 40 min) 1 Pick other organisms you want to compare your organism with 2 Make a chart of similarities and differences 3 Make dichotomous key questions based on these similarities and differences
- 12. Requirements for Dichotomous Key • Must include at least 4 organisms • Must include PICTURES of all organisms
- 13. Example Dichotomous Key: • Does it fly? yes – If yes Pteradyctal pteradyctal – If no, move to step 2 • Does it walk on 4 legs? yes – If yes, move to step 3 Fly – If no, T. Rex • Is it a carnivore? No. Does it walk on 4 – If yes, Triceratops legs? – If no, Brontosarus no
- 14. Ecology-Food Web (40 to 60 min) Image from: Food-web-forest.jpeg tutorvista.com
- 15. Ecology-Food Web Requirements • What does my organism eat? • What eats it? • What else is around? • How are the other organisms that are present connected to my organism? • Discuss organisms relationships with at least 2 other things in the food web
- 16. Ecology-Food Web Requirements Cont • Pictures must be used • Pictures must be labeled with animal names • Arrows must be present and facing the right way • Both producers and consumers must be present
- 17. Questioning (15 min) • Use the link below to find the “Snyder” questions. Using them as an example, come up with 5 questions about your organism • http://faculty.gvc.edu/ssnyder/121/Goodques tions.html
- 18. Peer Review (60 min) • Trade your work with 2-4 peers in your class. Each will give you feedback in a word document which will be included in your final presentation • Is the writing clear? • Are all sections complete? • Use the rubric to guide you
- 19. Extra Credit Extensions • Extra Credit Extension: Design your own research activity/experiment with this organism. 1. Identify the dependent and independent variable in your experiment 2. Design a procedure for your experiment Extra Credit Extension: Attempt to answer any or all of the questions from your project
- 20. Think You’re Done?? • Write MORE • Add more pictures • Proof Read • Add Extra Credit