Scavenger Hunt- A Biology Collection
Dear Pre-IB Biologist,
We are glad that you have chosen to take Pre IB Biology next year. In order to
“fit it all in” you must complete a summer assignment prior to our first class
meeting. This summer assignment will take you between 15 and 30 hours to
complete. The subject is interesting and not very difficult to understand. Your
time spent learning before the start of class will allow us to have more time for
the “fun” of biology, and ensure that you’ll be well prepared for the Biology EOC
at the end of the year.
For your summer assignment, you will be familiarizing yourself with 1 st quarter
science terms. You will be “collecting” images throughout the summer by taking
digital photographs OR drawing personal sketches. Your collection must include
25 terms out of the 40 that are attached to this document. You pick what 25
terms you would like to do.
1. Guidelines:
 Cover page must include title, your name and the class title
 You will collect each item by finding it and taking a photograph
(digital or paper printed) or creating a personal drawing of that item.
You are required to include a description that includes the following:
What the specimen is, where you found it, how it relates to biology,
term you chose, and what the term means.
-If you choose to draw sketches (see IB drawing requirementsattached to this document)
-You will keep your photographs and drawings in a notebook. Place
your drawing/picture on the RIGHT side of the notebook with the
descriptions on the LEFT side.
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-You CAN do both photographs and drawings
Original Photos ONLY!
 You cannot use an image from any publication or on the web. You
must have taken the photograph yourself. In order to prove the
picture is yours, you need to place an item in all of your photographs
that only you could have added each time, something that you might
usually have on you like a pen, a coin, a key or your cell phone etc.
Use the same item in each picture. YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO IF YOU
COPY YOUR IMAGES FROM THE WEB.
Natural Items Only:
 All items must be from something that you found in nature. Take a
walk around your neighborhood, your yard, town, beach or keep
your eyes open around you when you are on vacation. DON’T SPEND
ANY MONEY! Research what the term means and then go out and
find an example.
Biology Collection terms:
 Terms/vocabulary list that you are to “collect” can be found at the
end of this document. An individual organism can only be used once.
You will need to USE CITATION when copying definitions and other
facts (P.S. Wikipedia is not a valid website to use) Please see citation
paper attached to this document for instructions on how to do this.
Notebook due:
 Your notebook will be due the week of August 27, 2015. DO NOT
WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT!
We look forward to working with you. Get ready to think Biology!
Scavenger Hunt Collection
1. adaptation of an animal
21. mutualism
2. adaptation of a plant
21. commensalism
3. autotroph
22. parasitism
4. heterotroph
23. matter
5. eukaryote
24. water cycle
6.prokaryote
25. primary succession
7. ecology
26. secondary succession
8. habitat
27. climax community
9. biotic factor
28. uniform dispersion
10. abiotic factor
29. clumped dispersion
11. biotic factor
30. random dispersion
12. population
31. biodiversity
13. community
32. extinction
14. organism
33. genetic diversity
15. ecosystem
34. species diversity
16. habitat
35. renewable resource
17. herbivore
36. nonrenewable resource
18. carnivore
37.invasive species
19. food chain
38. birth rate
19. food web
39. death rate
20. predation
40. carbon cycle
IB Biology Drawing Requirements
 Are done in colored pencil in your notebook (points will be deducted for
regular pencil drawings)
 Have the drawing occupy at least half of the page, centered on the page.
 Are accurate. Draw what you see; as you see it, not what you imagine
should be there.
 Include a title that states what has been drawn. The title must be
informative, centered and larger than the other text.
 Links to ppt. examples
o http://apbio12009.blogspot.com/2009/08/james-bio-scavengerhunt.html
o http://popeapbiology2011.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/erin-hs-apbiology-scavenger-hunt-pictures/
MLA Bibliography Resources
Books
Last name, First name. Book title (underlined). City: Publisher name, publication year.
Example:
Ward, Geoffrey C. The West. Boston: Little Brown, 1996.
Textbook
Last name, first initial et al. Book title (underlined). City: Publisher name, publication year.
Example:
Obluok, J. et al. California Science Content Standards. Logan, IA: Perfection Learning Corporation, 2007.
Newspapers, Magazine or Periodicals
Last name, first name. “Title of article (in quotations).” Title of magazine (underlined). Day, month, year: page number.
Example:
Newman, Richard J. "The Best University." U.S. News and World Report. 28 September 1992: 78.
Internet Sources
“Title of article or Topic.” Internet: search engine name. Search Date (day, month, year). Website address (underlined).
Example:
"Cystic Fibrosis." Internet: Yahoo. 18 December 2007.www.cff.org/AboutCF/.
Or, go to https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
This great site helps you to actually compose your bibliography according to the MLA (Modern Language Association) Use MLA format.