Field Report: Organism 1
Name:
Your assignment:
Date: Period:
Today you will be going on an adventure to an ecosystem where it has been reported that new and exotic species have been sighted. You will be acting as the field biologists
(taxonomists) in charge of identifying the new species of plants or animals. After your investigation, you will be typing up your report and sending it off to leading experts interested in studying these new species for medicinal purposes. Your work is very important as classification of a new species can lead to important new discoveries in the field of medicine. Have fun on your Adventure!!!!
Directions for In-Class Assignment: Creating your field reports
1.
“Visit” the different ecosystems at the lab tables (or you can access the ecosystems at your desk from my staff webpage). Look at the “new species” in that ecosystem.
2.
Pick a new species that interests you.
3.
On the next page, begin your first field report.
4.
Record the ecosystem where this new species was discovered.
5.
Describe your organism using complete sentences and sufficient detail.
6.
Using the provided Latin and Greek terms worksheet (or the Internet), give your species a scientific name using the rules of binomial nomenclature we have learned in class.
7.
From my staff webpage, copy and paste the picture of this species at the bottom of the field report.
8.
Repeat steps 1 - 7 for a SECOND ORGANISM from a DIFFERENT
ECOSYSTEM.
9.
Finish for homework.
This 20-point project is due Wednesday, November 5, 2014 by
5pm . All work not finished by this date/time or edited after this date/time will be marked late and 5 points will be deducted.
(Check your work using the rubric on my webpage to ensure you get the best grade possible.)
Field Report: Organism 1
Ecosystem:
Description of new species: (Make sure you include where and when the species was discovered. Important characteristics of the specimen should be mentioned including but not limited to its habitat, size, shape, color, characterizing features, etc.)
Scientific Name:
Photo of the New Species: (copy from my staff webpage)
Field Report: Organism 2
Ecosystem:
Description of new species: (Make sure you include where and when the species was discovered. Important characteristics of the specimen should be mentioned including but not limited to its habitat, size, shape, color, characterizing features, etc.)
Scientific Name:
Photo of the New Species: (copy from my staff webpage)
