Create an Animal. . be careful what you wish for!

                  CREATE AN ANIMAL PROJECT

 

   The purpose of this project is to use your knowledge of

the animal phylums and classes.  You and your team will make

up an animal to fit the phylum or class you are assigned.

You will work with your team to describe the animal in

descriptive paragraphs.  You and you partners will also draw

or make a model of your animal.   You will make up a

scientific name and a common name for your animal.   This

project is due on April 10.   It will be graded on

accuracy, effort and creativity.  It will be graded

separately based on what each partner contributes to the

project, so you should include a breakdown of how much time

each person spent on it.  This project will be worth eight

homeworks, and will be graded by the point system below.

 

   The first step in writing a good description of your

animal is to read some descriptions of other animals in your

phylum or class.   To do this, you will need to look in

the reference books in the library.   You are required as

part of your grade (15%) to read about at least three animals

from the same group.   Your evidence of this will be brief

notes on each animal, naming it and telling the most

interesting things you read about it.   Your team should then

think about what kind of animal you want to invent.  You will

write a description of your animal.   It should be one or more

paragraphs.  Your paragraphs must contain a topic sentence.

The description of your animal should be printed on the

computer, using your heading, as it will be displayed with your

model and/or drawings.   You should also make drawings/and or a

model of your animal.

 

   Your final project would include the following: (points)

     _____ Your heading including all team members' names(1)

     _____ The written description of your animal telling the

           following: (50 points)

          _____ the phylum you were assigned

          _____ the scientific name of your organism

                correctly  written (5)

          _____ the common name of your organism (2)

          _____ external appearance

          _____ internal workings

          _____ habitat

          _____ diet

          _____ natural enemies

          _____ life cycle

          _____ importance to people

          _____ any other interesting facts

 

     _____ Your model and/or drawing of the animal (25)

     _____ Your notes on at least 3 real animals in your

           group  (15)

     _____ Bibliography (10)

     _____ The breakdown of how much time each partner spent.

 

Ida Swenson, idathefriz.blogspot.com, 2012 Adapted from 2000