Create an Alien
“Sci-fi TV these days seems to be pretty devoid of very imaginative aliens. They are almost
always humanoid, or at least bipedal with the same usual array of sensory organs that we have
come to know and expect here on earth. So, for the interests of science fiction writing with a
pulse, lets see if we can come up with imaginative, original aliens, instead of the standard fare
ie. they don't necessarily all have to be intelligent.”
In other words, you are going to create an alien that will live on one of the objects in our
solar system that you will draw from a hat (planets, asteroids, moon, sun, comets). You will
construct a model, poster or other form of presentation (puppets, acting, costume?) to present
your alien to the class. You must also include a labeled diagram of the structural and
behavioural adaptations of your alien and detailed explanations of the following:
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name of alien species
temperature of the object ie. night and day
geophysical conditions of the object ie. rocks, atmosphere
seasons ie. orbit length, distance from Sun, if it is an inner or outer planet, etc.
what does the alien see at night? during the day? (rings, moons, rotation,
length of day)
 gravitational pull of the alien on the object
 graph or chart comparing conditions and characteristics to Earth
The presentations will be on Tuesday.
You can work by yourself or in a group of no more than two.
Object:
Names of people in group:
Overall final category:
Self-evaluation of project:
Teacher Comments:
Behavioural
Adaptations
Beginning
Limited
description
Acceptable
Basic
description of
adaptations
Structural
Adaptations
Limited
description
Basic
description of
adaptations
Chart
comparing
conditions to
Earth
Limited
description
(only one or
two conditions)
Basic
description
(three to five
conditions are
compared)
Proficient
Strong
description of
adaptations
that is
connected to
the conditions
on the celestial
object
Mastery
Exemplary
description
that is
connected to
the conditions
on the celestial
object and
compared to
Earth
Strong
Exemplary
description of
description
adaptations
that is
that is
connected to
connected to
the conditions
the conditions on the celestial
on the celestial object and
object
compared to
Earth
Strong
Exemplary
comparisons
comparisons
(three to five
(three to five
conditions
conditions and
show
explanations
similarities or
for differences)
differences)
Sun
Saturn
Mercury
Uranus
Venus
Neptune
Titan
Pluto
Moon
Comet
Asteroid
Io
Mars
Ganymede
Jupiter