Animal Poster Project due Monday, 10/10

You will have 20-25 minutes on Monday to paste or tape parts onto your poster.  Remember that you need to submit parts 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 through turnitin.com by Monday.

1. Pick a generic animal group that you are interested in, but no mammals!!   (ex:  oysters, starfish, grasshoppers, lampreys, nematodes, etc).  I encourage you to choose an animal that other students don’t know much about.  You may work with 1 other student.
2. Research your animal group.  We will have one day with the computers.  You need to have at least 3 resources.  Cite  your resources on  the bottom or back of the poster using full citation format. (3 pts)
3. List the classification categories of animals (Kingdom, Phylum, etc) in your group, including the scientific names of 3 separate species.  (3)
4. Sketch by hand a picture of an animal from your group and label its distinguishing features.  (8)
5. Describe common characteristics of the animals in your group (probably labeled in diagram above)  (3)
6. Describe the diversity of the animals in your group.  What types of habitats do they live in?  What types of food do they eat?  Is your animal found world-wide or in only a restricted location?  (8)
7. Draw and label a typical food web that a species of animal in your group would be in (include all sources of food and predators and name the particular species you are using.)  (4)
8. Describe the likely evolution of animals in your group.  How long have they been around?  What common ancestors?  What ecological niches do they fill? (What I am trying to get at here is where did your animal come from evolutionarily and how do they continue to evolve to fit different niches?).  (8)
9. Describe reproduction strategies for animals in your group (includes mating rituals, number of young, care of young, family structure, etc)  (8)
10. List 5 Fun, Interesting, Intriguing, and/or Surprising Facts about your group of animals  (5)
11. Present this information in a neat and organized fashion on a poster.  You may use bullet points, it does not have to be in paragraph form.  Please submit, 5,6,8,9, and 10 to me through turnitin.com.
12. Participate in class walk-around to read and evaluate posters.
13. Poster presentation and Overall Quality (10 pts)

Overall:  60 pts put into the Lab Category (20%)