Part 1: Digital Organism Collection
It's time to head out into the field (the internet) and gather organisms!!!!
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- Open up a Google Draw file. Give the file the name 1DigitalOrganismCollection.
- Search for your favorite organisms using a Google Image search. Capture them by copying their pictures into your GoogleDrawing file. Tag each organism with a name. Try to collect a varied sample of different organisms (Plants, insects, sea animals, land animals, etc).
- DARWIN LEVEL: Find 10 different organisms. Label them with their two-part species name rather than their common name. This may take some additional internet research. (Example: Instead of "Barn Owl" you would write "Tyto alba")
- BEAGLE LEVEL: Find 8 different organisms. Label them with a specific common name. (Example: Instead of "Owl" you would write "Barn Owl or Snow Owl")
- FINCH LEVEL: Find 5 different organisms. Label with a general common name. (Example: "Owl")
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Part 2: Hypothesizing Relationships
In part 2 you will be making predictions about the evolutionary relationships between your group of organisms.
IF YOU FORGOT HOW TO SHARE AND COMMENT, GO BACK TO LESSON 3 FROM LAST WEEK!!!
- Open a GoogleDocument file. Give it the name 2OrganismPredictions.
- Click this link HERE. Copy and paste the questions into your own document. (Use Cntrl C and Cntrl V to copy and paste)
- Post a link to your assignment on your Weebly website when you have completed the questions. Make sure to share it properly!
- Collaborate with a group member by sharing your document with them. If someone shares with you, look at their answers and leave at least two thoughtful comments on their ideas. You can also ask them thoughtful questions instead of comments.
IF YOU FORGOT HOW TO SHARE AND COMMENT, GO BACK TO LESSON 3 FROM LAST WEEK!!!
pART 3: aNALYZING THE TRAITS OF YOUR COLLECTION
Here we are starting the 3-step process of making our final product - the cladogram. You will be using a spreadsheet to analyze the characteristics of your organism collection.
- Go to THIS LINK and learn how to make a basic cladogram. We will be following the same basic steps in this video to make our own cladograms.
- Open a GoogleSpreadsheet file and call it 3TraitAnalysis.
- Follow the directions in the following videos to analyze the traits of your organisms. VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2
- DARWIN LEVEL - The traits that you are using to compare and contrast your organisms show that you have done internet research to look for examples of the important characteristics scientists use when making cladograms. For example, you go beyond traits like "furry" and "not furry" and focus more on traits such as "placental birth, mammary glads, warm/cold-blooded, etc."
- BEAGLE LEVEL - The traits you use to compare your organisms are somewhat advanced. You have a mix of basics (feathers, scales) with more advanced characteristics (vertebrae, exoskeleton). You had to do some internet research to get ideas for characteristics to compare.
- FINCH LEVEL - The traits you compare are very basic and may not always separate species accurately. May focus more on external things like size and color rather than looking for deeper relationships.
- When you finish your analysis spreadsheet. Post a link to your Weebly site.
part 4: Making a venn diagram
Here you will be organizing your collection of organisms into specific groups based on your analysis.
- Review THIS LINK to remind yourself how the Venn diagram relates to making a cladogram.
- Open your GoogleDrawing file named 1DigitalOrganismCollection.
- Change the file name to 4VennDiagram.
- Follow the directions in this instructional video.
- Post a link to the Venn diagram on your Weebly Website when finished.
Part 5: Creating your cladogram
This is the final step!!! You will turn your venn diagram into a full-blown cladogram!!!!
- Review THIS LINK to see how to you use your venn diagram to create a cladogram.
- Open a new GoogleDrawing file and call it 5FinalDigitalCladogram
- Use the pictures below as examples of what a finished cladogram looks like.
- Click THIS LINK to see basic how to use basic line drawing features....Be creative!
- Create your final cladogram and post a link to your website! Use the evaluation rubric to guide your work.