Atypical Animal Research Report

1.  ANIMAL -

     Choose One of the animals assigned to you in March Mammal Madness that is still living.  [No extinct animals may be used for this project.]

2.  TAXONOMY -

     Identify the taxonomy of your animal in the following order WITH Genus and species underlined.

• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Family
• Genus
• Species

3.  HABITAT -

• What ecosystem does your organism live in?
• What continent or country is your organism found in?
• What kind of den or home does your animal use?
• What adaptations (physical or behavioral) help it survive here?

4.   FOOD -

• What does your animal eat?
• What adaptations does it have to help it obtain food or eat its food?

5.   REPRODUCTION -

• Does it reproduce sexually or asexually?
• How many offspring are produced at a time?
• HOw often does your animal reproduce within a year or its lifetime?
• What special adaptation help it find a mate?

6.   MOVEMENT -

• How does your animal move around in its habitat?
• What special adaptations help it do so?

7.   PREDATORS -

• What predators does your animal have?
• What special adaptations / behaviors do they have to defend / protect themselves against their predators?

8.   EXTRA COOL INFO -

• Add at least one cool fact about your animal that doesn’t fit in the above categories.

9.   BODY SYSTEM -

• Choose one body system to research for this animal.
• Integumentary
• Muscular
• Skeletal
• Digestive
• Circulatory/Cardiovascular
• Lymphatic/Immune
• Respiratory
• Urinary/Excretory
• Endocrine
• Nervous

• BODY SYSTEM DEFINITION EXPLAINED -
• Define the system and compare the system in your animal to the same system in humans?
• How are they similar?
• How are they different?

• DRAW -
• Create a Comparative Anatomy Drawing of the  system you chose in both your animal and in humans.
• Draw it in your composition book
• Photograph your drawing
• Upload your drawing to this Google Classroom assignment.

• MODEL -
• Design a working model of the system you chose.
• Your model should be able to stand on a table without falling over.
• The model must be able to show how the system functions.

• SHOWCASE -
• This project will be on display at the end of the year RMS Showcase.
• This project may also be on display at the 48th District Agricultural Association Science Fair in May..
• Remember -> The Science Fair is an Individual PBL project / grade.  Students signed up independently on the computer via the 48th District's Agricultural Association application process during class 2 weeks prior to Spring Break.

Please be aware that Missing Assignments & Make-Up Work will be granted scores as follows:

    Qtr 1 (Everything thru Homo naledi) = Full Credit

    Qtr 2 (Everything on Cells & Turtles) = 1/2 Credit

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Please Bring:

     1)  Student's Composition Book (preferably w/ student)

     2)  Print Out of Parent Portal Grade

Anddddddd... we're off!

 

Friday, April 28th - Meet @ Flagpole @ 7am

 

Bring - Sack Lunch

            Water Bottle (Refillable)

            Good closed toed shoes for hiking and walking around camp

            Flip Flops or water shoes for beach.

 

Sunday, April 30th - Return to RMS @ 4pm. (approximately)

 

See packing list, sample schedule, camp info in packets that were given to students for more information.

 

Mrs. Melgar will keep parents posted via Rivera Middle School Facebook page

 

AND WE'RE BACK :-)

 

CIMI LOG BOOK -

     Required pages =

         14, 15, 18

         20, 21

         30, 31, 33, 34

        48, 49

        50, 51, 52, 53, & 55

 

ALL OTHER PAGES ARE EXTRA CREDIT  

 

My new policy for this quarter (in order to better prepare them for 8th grade next year) is that the students have one class period to complete the assignment.

 

Should they need more time than is allotted, they may take the work home to finish there, but it must be turned in the very next day in order to get credit.  Their grade will drop a bit if they were not working the entire period and that's why they did not finish.

 

If I don't get their work the next day, they must still finish the assignment, but now, they will only receive half credit.  

 

Anything over 2 weeks old will no longer be accepted, but students will still be responsible for the knowledge gained from those assignments for their tests.

 Parents!

 

It is that time of year! Our Catalina Science Trip will be announced later this week. HOWEVER, if you are reading it here on my website… You can get in on it first!  

 

31 spaces available!

1st come, 1st-served! 

 

$300 tuition

3 days and 2 nights

April 28, 2017 -  April 30, 2017

 

$60 Non-refundable deposit required

CASH ONLY!

Pay Ms. Cordes

Room 25A

NOW! 

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