Invert Animal Guidelines
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Invertebrate animal field guide assignment You are tasked with compiling a short “field guide” that covers the diversity of acoelomate and coelomate animals that we encountered in lab. This booklet should provide a brief “snapshot” of defining characteristics and behaviors of the various animals, as outlined below: Organism name → provide the common and/or taxonomic name for your organism or organism group (e.g.: “longhorned case maker caddisfly”, Ceraclea spp. or Order Trichoptera). Image → provide an image of your organism. This can be hand-drawn or a photograph. o It can be difficult to draw some of the complex organisms, but you should give it a shot! This isn’t an art course, so you will not be graded on how true-to-form your sketch is. So long as you attempt to represent the key features of your critter, you can rest assured that you won’t be penalized. You will be REQUIRED to DRAW at least 3 of the entries in your guide. Distinguishing characteristics → take notes on some of the key anatomical features (e.g.: “two sets of long antennae”, “a hard, plate-like shell”, etc.) of your organism. Simple things, such as body color or shape, can be very useful in describing your organism! Noted behavior → Note any distinct behaviors that your organism exhibits. How does it move in its environment? Is it aggressive? Does it tend to hide away from other organisms? This guide should encompass the characteristics that you find interesting about your organism. Use what you’ve learned in lab, or prior information, to write the text of your entries. As this is a biodiversity lab, make sure to include a range of organisms. Follow this guideline when choosing organisms to include: AT LEAST 2 acoelomate animals AT LEAST 1 mollusk species AT LEAST 5 arthropods o must include examples from Class Insecta and Subphyla Crustacea Your guide should include between 9 – 10 entries, though you may include more if you’d like!
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Invertebrate animal field guide assignment
You are tasked with compiling a short field guide that covers the diversity of acoelomate and coelomate animals that we encountered in lab. This booklet should provide a brief snapshot of defining characteristics and behaviors of the various animals, as outlined below:
Organism name provide the common and/or taxonomic name for your organism or organism group (e.g.: longhorned case maker caddisfly, Ceraclea spp. or Order Trichoptera).
Image provide an image of your organism. This can be hand-drawn or a photograph. o It can be difficult to draw some of the complex organisms, but you should give it a shot!
This isnt an art course, so you will not be graded on how true-to-form your sketch is. So long as you attempt to represent the key features of your critter, you can rest assured that you wont be penalized.
You will be REQUIRED to DRAW at least 3 of the entries in your guide. Distinguishing characteristics take notes on some of the key anatomical features (e.g.: two
sets of long antennae, a hard, plate-like shell, etc.) of your organism. Simple things, such as body color or shape, can be very useful in describing your organism!
Noted behavior Note any distinct behaviors that your organism exhibits. How does it move in its environment? Is it aggressive? Does it tend to hide away from other organisms?
This guide should encompass the characteristics that you find interesting about your organism. Use what youve learned in lab, or prior information, to write the text of your entries. As this is a biodiversity lab, make sure to include a range of organisms. Follow this guideline when choosing organisms to include:
AT LEAST 2 acoelomate animals AT LEAST 1 mollusk species AT LEAST 5 arthropods
o must include examples from Class Insecta and Subphyla Crustacea Your guide should include between 9 10 entries, though you may include more if youd like!
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Invertebrate Animal Diversity Guide grading rubric.
Criterion Excellent Fair Poor Diversity Contains 9 10 entries with at least 2 acoelomates, 1 mollusk, 5 arthropods from different groups (see guidelines). (7 points)
Image at least 3 hand-drawn entries. Properly-credited photos acceptable for other entries. (4 points)
Content Entries provide personal observations, noted behavior and information pertaining to species morphology and distinctive characteristics. (5 points)
Formatting Neat, free of spelling/grammar errors, proper formatting for taxonomic names and arranged adequately. Fills in table of contents, with organized taxa. (4 points)
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