Organisms of the Week Journal Project
Due: June 1
This project will be an ongoing project through the school year. Every week an Organism or 2
will be assigned. You will need to identify the following classification of organisms in notebook
form in a picture book. Your journal will be kept in a 2” 3-ringed binder or can be done
electronically and submitted. We will set up the binder as the year progresses. You need to
have:
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4.
Cover page 1 pt
Table of Contents 5 pts
Labeled Dividers or cover pages for each Kingdom 6pts
A representative drawing / picture with caption to include classification and common
name 1 pt per organism
5. Description of at least one body system (ex. nervous, digestive, circulatory) 1 pt per
organism
6. Description of the organism –habitat, life cycle, interesting fact (ex. Single celled,
green, terrestrial, reproduce with spores.) 1 pt per organism
*Points for organism (#4,5,6) are all or nothing
This is the grade sheet, and what I will use to check off points!
Kingdom Archaebacteria 1
2 (description of types and pic)
Kingdom Eubacteria –
a. Unify concepts. What do they all have? 1 pt.
b. Give details about movement, nutrition reproduction, picture of the variety. 2 pts.
Eubacteria 1 (description)
Phylum Cyanobacteria 1 2 3
Phylum Chemoautotroph 1 2 3
Kingdom Fungi –
a. Unifying concepts (what do they all have?) 1 pt
b. Give details about structure, nutrition, reproduction 1 pt.
Division Eumycophyta (description) 1 pt
Class Ascomycetes 1 2 3
Class Basidiomycetes 1 2 3
Class Deuteromycetes 1 2 3
Kingdom Plantae
a. Unifying concepts (what do they all have?) 1 pt
Phylum Bryophyta 1 2 3
Phylum Antherocerotopsida 1 2 3
Phylum Pterophyta 1 2 3
Phylum Coniferophyta 1 2 3
Phylum Anthophyta (or Angiosperm) 1 2 3
Class Monocotyledone 1 2 3
Class Dicotyledone 1 2 3
Kingdom Protista –
(as a General Rule, include what the Greek/Latin is behind the words in these phyla)
a. Unifying Concepts – 1 pt
Phylum Zoomastigophora (Zoomastigina) - 1 2 3
Phylum Ciliophora - 1 2 3
Phylum Sarcodina (Rhizopoda)- 1 2 3
Phylum Rhodophyta 1 2 3
Phylum Chrysophyta 1 2 3
Phylum Oomycota 1 2 3
Phylum Euglenophyta 1 2 3
Phylum Sporozoa 1 2 3
Kingdom Animalia –
a. Unifying concepts of all animals – 1 pt
Phylum Coelenterata –1 2 3
Class Schyphozoa 1 2 3 (include different body types here!)
Class Anthozoa – 1 2 3
Phylum Porifera – 1 2 3
Phylum Platyhelminthes -1 (description)
Class Turbellaria – 1 2 3
Class Trematoda - 1 2 3
Class Cestoda – 1 2 3
Phylum Nematoda - 1 2 3
Phylum Annelida – 1 2 3
Phylum Mollusca – 1 2 3
Class Pelecypoda – 1 2 3
Class Gastropoda – 1 2 3
Class Cephalopoda – 1 2 3
Phylum Echinodermata – 1 2 3
Phylum Arthropoda – 1 2 3
Class Crustacea - 1 2 3
Class Arachnida - 1 2 3
Class Insecta – 1 2 3
Class Chilopoda – 1 2 3
Class Diplopoda – 1 2 3
Class Trilobite – 1 2 3
Phylum Chordata – 1 2 3
For all 3 pts, give a good explanation of what chordates are, how they develop, and advantages?
Subphylum Urochordata – 1 2 3
Subphylum Cephalochordata – 1 2 3
Subphylum Vertebrata – 1 2 3 (For all 3 pts, give good explanation of what vertebrates are, what makes different
from other 2 subphyla)
For each of these classes, make sure you include habitat and WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL
Class Agnatha 1 2 3
Class Chondrichthyes 1 2 3
Class Osteichthyes – 1 2 3
Class Reptilia – 1 2 3
Class Amphibia – 1 2 3
Class Aves – 1 2 3
Class Mammalia – 1 2 3
For these next Orders, make sure to include what REALLY SEPARATES them from other orders
Order Monotremata – 1 2 3
Order Marsupialia – 1 2 3
Order Artiodactyla – 1 2 3
Order Carnivora – 1 2 3
Order Cetacea – 1 2 3
Class Mammalia cont.
Order Chiroptera 1 2 3
Order Edentata 1 2 3
Order Insectivora 1 2 3
Order Logomorpha 1 2 3
Order Perissodactyla 1 2 3
Order Primate 1 2 3
Order Probascidea 1 2 3
Order Rodentia 1 2 3
Order Sirenia 1 2 3
Total points from above:
_____ / 223
Organization / Creativity: _____ / 17
Grader subjective pts:
_____ / 10
TOTAL:
______ / 250