Introduction
Hi Students,
This task is designed to help you understand evolution and how closely related we are to different species of animal, plant, fungi, and bacteria.
You must first interact with the video on the page below to go through what exactly is evolution and natural selection.
Video can be found at this website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/edexcel/classificatio…
Task
You task is to go onto the following websites and look and see how closely we are related to certain animals, plants, and fungi.
You must then create a timeline poster of your own to show me how closely related humans are to:
- Penguins
- Lions
- Fruit Fly
- Magnolia
- Tortoise
- Australopithecus afarensis
- E. Coli
- Dragonfly
- Snake and
10.Hippopotamus
Posters are to be handed in on the date given to you in class.
Process
Go to the following interactive websites and determine how closely related we are to the animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria mentioned in the task description.
Tree of Life Interactive:
http://www.wellcometreeoflife.org/interactive/
Evolution Interactive Timescale:
http://www.johnkyrk.com/evolution.html
Evaluation
You will be evaluated on a number of different factors.
You will receive a mark out of 5 for each of the following criteria.
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Relevance to topic
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Correct information used to create tree of life
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Relevant Content
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Correct References
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Grammar and Punctuation
You will given a score out of 25.
Conclusion
All posters must be handed into Miss Harris in class.
Good luck and email if you need any help!