Part 1: Animal Book Project (SZ3)
Zoology Remediation
You are required to create a book containing the different phyla. NAME______________________________________
1. This must be completed on your own time, not during class.
The project will replace your overall grade in each animal standard.
2. The due date for this project is December 5th, 2014. NO LATE PROJECTS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Requirements:
(For some of the animals, you will need more than one page in your book.)
Yes or Description
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A cover for your book: create a nice design with the title of the book, your name and class period on.
Table of Contents with each page numbered
All 15 phylum represented:
1. Phylum Porifera
2. Phylum Cnidaria
3. Phylum Platyhelminthes
4. Phylum Mollusca
5. Phylum Annelida
6. Phylum Nematoda
7. Phylum Echinodermata
8. Subphylum Crustacea
9. Subphylum Chelicerata (these include ticks, spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs)
10. Class Insecta
11. Class Osteichthyes (Bony fishes) or Class Chondrichthyes (Sharks, rays, skates)
12. Class Amphibia
13. Class Reptilia
14. Class Aves
15. Class Mammalia
You will choose one animal to represent each of the 15 phylum.
(You need to choose a specific species of animal. Try to choose an animal that you do not know well!)
Scientific and Common Name, for example: Mud salamander, Pseudotriton montanus diastictus
A clear picture or drawing of the animal
Habitat – where is it found – be specific on the location.
What does it eat?
How does it reproduce? Does it lay eggs? If it does, how many? How does it find a mate? How long is the gestation period?, etc.
Interesting facts – for example: “Mud salamander was put on the threatened species list in 1979.”
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Standard
Classification
SZ1. Students will derive the phylogeny
of animal taxa (monophyletic clades in a
cladogram) using informative
characteristics.
a. Construct a classification of
representative animal taxa including:
Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes,
Nematoda, Annelida, Rotifera, Mollusca,
Arthropoda(Mandibulata, Chelicerata, and
Crustacea), Bryozoa, Brachiopoda,
Echinodermata, Hemichordata,
Urochordata, Cephalochordata, and
Vertebrata.
b. Place taxa in a phylogenetic
(evolutionary) context and provide data
to support hypotheses of relationships
 Construct a graphical representation
of animal evolution (cladogram)
 Recognize characters that are shared
and derived, uniting taxa
 Interpret graphical representations of
animal evolution (cladograms)
d. Recognize types of data used to test
hypotheses of relationships.
Ecology
Students will assess how animals interact
with their environment including key
Video Assignments
Skill Work
(Watch all videos and complete video quiz with 100%
accuracy. You may watch the video more than once.)
(All assignments must be completed with 80% accuracy for
credit. You can do the assignment multiple times until you
reach 80%.)
___ Protists, Fungi, Plants, Animals:
Characteristics
___Classify Identify Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
Organisms
___ Kingdoms of Life
___ Classify Three Domain System of Classification
___ Taxonomy
___ Classify Classifying Life on Earth - Kingdoms
___ Taxonoy
___Classify Eukaryotes
___ Classifying New Groups
___Classify Energy Relationships and Life
___ Characteristics of Life
___Classify Protista
___ Characteristics of Life
___ Classify Kingdoms of Life
___Classifying New Groups
___ Matching Classification
___ Phylogeny
___Matching Eukaryotic Kingdoms
Milestones (tab)  Biology (dropdown menu)
 Videos (tab)  Organisms (dropdown
menu)
___Matching Importance of Species Diversity
___Highlight Characteristics of Life
Milestones (tab)  Biology (dropdown menu)
 Practice (tab)  Organisms (dropdown menu)
___ Animal Behavior
___Matching Animal Survivor
___ Biotic & Abiotic Factors
___Matching Ecosystem Organization
adaptations found within animal taxa.
a. Discuss morphological and physiological
adaptations relative to ecological roles.
b. Relate animal adaptations, including
behaviors, to the ecological roles of
animals.
c. Explain various life cycles found among
animals (e.g., polyp and medusa in
cnidarians; multiple hosts and stages in
the platyhelminthe life cycle; arthropod
metamorphosis; egg, tadpole, adult
stages in the amphibian life cycle).
Evolution
SZ2 Students will explain the evolutionary
history of animals over the geological
history of Earth.
a. Outline the geological history of Earth
and discuss the major environmental
changes that have occurred over time.
b. Explain the concepts evolution,
adaptation, natural selection,
convergence, and speciation.
c. Describe the fossil record of the
animals including discussing the Cambrian
Explosion and major extinction events.
___Energy Pyramid
___Matching Energy Resources – The Consequences
___ Food Chain
___ Matching Relationships
___ Tropic Levels of Organisms
___ Matching Organism Energy Transformation
___ Major Biomes
___ Matching Energy for Organisms
___ Ecosystem Relations
___Matching Response to External Stimuli
___ Energy & Ecosystems
___ Label Food Pyramid
___ Factor Affecting Ecosystems
___ Label Interpret an Energy Pyramid
___Relations between Organisms
___ Label Trophic Levels
___Transfer of Energy
___ Order Levels of Organization – Biosphere
___ Reproductive Strategies
___Highlight Invasion! Zebra Mussels
Milestones (tab)  Biology (dropdown menu)
 Videos (tab)  Ecology (dropdown menu)
___Highlight Survivor
___ Historical Perspective in Evolution
___Biological Evolution
___ Adaptation and Evolution
___ Natural Selection
___ Fossils
___Relative Dating & Law of Superposition
Milestones (tab)  Biology (dropdown menu)
 Videos (tab)  Evolution (dropdown menu)
Milestones (tab)  Biology (dropdown menu)
 Practice (tab)  Ecology (dropdown menu)
___ Timeline Historical Developments in the
Theory of Inheritance and Evolution
___ Order History of Life on Earth
___ Order Natural Selection
___ Order Genetic Variation and Natural Selection
___Matching Darwin and Evolution
___ Matching Evolution
___ Classify Evolution and Biological Adaptions
Milestones (tab)  Biology (dropdown menu)
 Practice (tab)  Evolution (dropdown menu)
After completion of ALL work for each standard you must pass the assigned test for each standard. No credit will be given for
passed test if all videos are not watched and if all skill work is not completed. You must earn a minimum of a 70% on the test. I will
replace that score in the gradebook up to a 75%. For example: You score an 85% on the test after completion of all videos and skill work. I
would go back to Synergy and replace the unit grade with a 75%.
All work is due by December 5th, 2014! No late work will be accepted. Do not wait until the last minute to complete the remediation work. I
can see through my account when you login to USAtestprep, when you start assignments, and how long you spend on each assignment. We
have been working on these standards for over 12 weeks; therefore, it will take you many hours to complete the assigned work.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to e-mail your teacher at Christy.Mullen@cobbk12.org.
TURN IN THIS RUBRIC AFETER COMPLETEION OF
REMEMATION/EXTRA CREDIT!