Oaklawn Farm Zoo Evolution Assignment
Name: ________________________________________
Date: May 29th, 2015
THE SITUATION
The year is 1840, and you are following in the footsteps of that renowned Naturalist, Charles
Darwin who made his famous journey on The Beagle almost 10 years ago. Sailing toward your
destination, you encountered a wicked storm and have become
shipwrecked on the Mysterious Oaklawn Island.
On this mysterious island you will encounter many strange beasts. As
a group of naturalists, it is your job to closely explore all the animals
on this island and make detailed notes on their physical and
behavioural characteristics.
YOUR TASK
As you make more careful observations and
comparisons, you will begin to create an
evolutionary tree that strives to explain
which beasts are more closely related and
why. In the end, you will publish your
Evolutionary Tree in the form of a poster.
This Field Journal Belongs to:
____________________________________________________
Observations made during my
Voyage on the HMS Beagle,
May 2015
My Field Naturalist Journal
Name: ___________________________
Animal #1
Sketch of the Animal
I will call it:
Physical
Description
Behavioural
observations
Habitat
description
Other Important
Observations
Thoughts on its
evolutionary pathway
Date: ____________
Animal #2
Sketch of the Animal
I will call it:
Physical
Description
Behavioural
observations
Habitat
description
Other
Important
Observations
Thoughts on its evolutionary
pathway
Animal #3
Sketch of the Animal
I will call it:
Physical
Description
Behavioural
observations
Habitat
description
Other
Important
Observations
Thoughts on its evolutionary
pathway
Animal #4
Sketch of the Animal
I will call it:
Physical
Description
Behavioural
observations
Habitat
description
Other
Important
Observations
Thoughts on its evolutionary
pathway
Animal #5
Sketch of the Animal
I will call it:
Physical
Description
Behavioural
observations
Habitat
description
Other
Important
Observations
Thoughts on its evolutionary
pathway
Animal #6
Sketch of the Animal
I will call it:
Physical
Description
Behavioural
observations
Habitat
description
Other
Important
Observations
Thoughts on its evolutionary
pathway
Animal #7
Sketch of the Animal
I will call it:
Physical
Description
Behavioural
observations
Habitat
description
Other
Important
Observations
Thoughts on its evolutionary
pathway
Animal #8
Sketch of the Animal
I will call it:
Physical
Description
Behavioural
observations
Habitat
description
Other
Important
Observations
Thoughts on its evolutionary
pathway
Animal #9
Sketch of the Animal
I will call it:
Physical
Description
Behavioural
observations
Habitat
description
Other
Important
Observations
Thoughts on its evolutionary
pathway
Animal #10
Sketch of the Animal
I will call it:
Physical
Description
Behavioural
observations
Habitat
description
Other
Important
Observations
Thoughts on its evolutionary
pathway
My Proposed Evolutionary Tree for Mysterious Oaklawn Island
Images of some of the organisms observed on the Mysterious Island
Oaklawn Zoo Animals
PRIMATES and FRUIT BATS
Ring-tailed Lemurs
Black and White Ruffed Lemurs
Red Ruffed Lemurs
Cotton-top Tamarin
Red-Handed Tamarin
Common Marmoset
Squirrel Monkey
Black-handed Spider Monkey
White-Handed Gibbon
Lion-Tailed Macaque
Japanese Macaque
Colobus Monkey
Straw-coloured Fruit Bats
CARNIVORES
Caracal
Serval
Cougar
Lions
Jaguar
Tigers
Meerkat
F1 Bengel Leopard Cats
UNGULATES
Fallow Deer
Sika Deer
Zebra
Dromedary Camel
Peccary
Llama
Guanaco
Alpaca
RODENTS
African Porcupine
Mara
Capybara
Agouti
MARSUPIALS
Red-Necked Wallabies
REPTILES
Bearded Dragons
Praire King Snake
NATIVE WILDLIFE- rehabilitated
Red Fox
Black Bear
Raccoons
Barred Owls
Great Horned Owls
Snowy Owls
Bald Eagles
Ravens
Wood turtles
Painted Turtles
Porcupine
Russian Tortoise
Egyptian Tortoise
African Spurred Thigh Tortoise
Red-Foot Tortoise
California King Snake
INVERTABRATES
Bird eating Tarantula
Rose Haired Tanantula
Regal Tarantula