10 pointsGroup member names

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YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE POWERPOINT, BUT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRESENTING ALL THE REQUIRED INFORMATION!

Your group must include a starter for the class to write down. This starter includes your teaching objectives for your notes and a moment of math that is a review (not new).10 points

40 points Your project should include at least 4 slides

containing the answers to the following questions about your subject:◦ Does it have a backbone?◦ Skeleton?◦ What is Symmetry and what type of symmetry

does it have?◦ How does it think? (Does it have a nervous

system?)

Types of Symmetry◦Radial Symmetry◦Bilateral Symmetry◦Asymmetry

Use dictionary.com if you need to…

40 points Explain and show an example of the 4 most

distinguishing characteristics of your phylum or class.◦ These characteristics must be UNIQUE to your

group!◦ ALL the organisms in the group must have these

characteristics. HINT: if a new organism was found,

what special things would it have if it is going into this phylum (or class).

20 points◦ Habitat – describe the habitats where your

organism lives◦ How do your organisms eat?

Helping Hint:◦ A good way to describe a niche is to look at

what would happen to the community of organisms if your organism went extinct.

20 points Include several (more than 3) pictures and

cool facts about your phylum/class (or a really awesome organism’s adaptations).

Use http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/?q=creative%20commons

Search ONLY in the Creative Commons area.

You must include a bibliography in MLA style!10 points

10 points 10 points

Grammar Spelling

Does it look nice? Did you use pictures? Did you use titles and

captions? Does it look like an A

project?

Did everyone contribute to the project? Your group/partner can award you up to 10

points for your effort, but the teacher has OVER-RIDE power if they see that some members of the group are not helping as much as they should!!!

20 points for presentation◦ All group members speak at some point in the

presentation◦ Making eye contact◦ Knowledgeable◦ Clear and we can hear you

Item Points Possible

Points received

Title 10

Starter 10

Physical Characteristics

40

Most Dist. Characteristic

40

Niche 20

Examples and Facts

20

Bibliography 10

Style 20

Group Rating 10

Presentation 20

TOTAL 200

PROJECT RUBRIC:

Your notes will be taken Your notes will be taken on pages that look like on pages that look like this:this:

http://dictionary.reference.com/ (you may use search) http://www.biology-questions-and-answers.com/zoology-review.html (you may use

search) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html (you may use search) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cnidaria.html http://www.earthlife.net/ (you may use search) http://animals.about.com/ (you may use search) http://animals.about.com/od/cnidarians/p/cnidaria.htm http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/animals/echinoderms.html http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/animals/annelids.html http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/animals/cnidaria.html http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/animals/arthropods.html http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Tree_of_Life/kingdom_animalia.htm http://www.teacherweb.com/GA/KendrickHighSchool/lloyd/kingdomcharttchr.doc

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