Animal Adaptation ModelDue: October 20th at the beginning of class

You are an explorer who has been traveling the world. On your travels you have discovered a never before seen animal. You spend several weeks traveling with this animal and studying its behavior. You want to tell people back home all about this new found animal. In order to let people know all about this animal you can create a poster or a diorama.

Example of DioramaItems you can use to make your

diorama: Pictures from magazines or

books Illustrations Animal toys Play-Doh

Example of Poster Items you can use to make

your diorama: Illustrations Drawings Pictures

In your animal poster or diorama, you must include the following information:

o Model or illustration of animal including 4 of the following adaptations: Odor Tentacles Horns Poison Claws Camouflage Mimicry Shell Antlers Sounds

o Make, create, or illustrate the habitat the animal lives in Examples of habitat:

Desert Tropical Arctic Forest Water

Journal Entry:

The following are examples of journal entries for you to use as examples or to get ideas from.

You will also be working on your journal entries in Mrs. Arnold’s class

You must create a journal entry, as if you were an explorer studying the animal behavior, with the information listed below. You will be given points based on your creativity of making your journal. Writing it on just a piece of paper, will not get you points. In your journal entry you can make 3 illustrations and designs to represent you information. You MUST make sure that I can identify and know what your illustrations are. If I cannot make out what your illustrations are, you will not receive your points. The other 2 pieces of information must be written out in word form.

1. What were you doing when you discovered this animal?

o You can tell/write it or illustrate it.

2. The name of the animal (you create it/come up with the name)

3. Identify (you can illustrate this) and describe (write it out) the 4 adaptations your new found animal has:

Odor Tentacle Horns Poison Claws Camouflage Mimicry

Shell Antlers Sound

4. What does the animal eat? (You can illustrate it or write it out)

Carnivore: eats only meat, must be specific Omnivore: eats meat and vegetation, must be specific Herbivore: eats only vegetation, must be specific

(On #5, your new found animal can be vertebrate OR an invertebrate)

5. Is the animal a vertebrate?

If so what kind of vertebrate?o Mammal: What makes it the following (give 3 characteristics, you can write

it out or illustrate it)?o Bird: What makes it the following (give 3 characteristics, you can write it out

or illustrate it)?o Fish: What makes it the following (give 3 characteristics, you can write it out

or illustrate it,)?o Reptile: What makes it the following (give 3 characteristics, you can write it

out or illustrate it)?o Amphibian: What makes it the following (give 3 characteristics, you can

write it out or illustrate it)?

5. Is the animal an invertebrate?

If so what kind of invertebrate? o Mollusk: What makes it the following (give 3 characteristics, you can write it

out or illustrate it)?o Arthropods: What makes it the following (give 3 characteristics, you can

write it out or illustrate it)?o Segmented Worm: What makes it the following (give 3 characteristics, you

can write it out or illustrate it)?

Rubric: Animal Adaptation ModelPoster or Diorama: 25 points

Does the poster or diorama CLEARLY include at least 4 (3pts each) of the following adaptations: ___/12pts

o Odoro Tentacleso Hornso Poisono Clawso Camouflageo Mimicry o Shello Antlerso Sound

Does the poster or diorama have a title (as in the name of the new found animal)? ____/5pts

In the poster or diorama, did the student CLEARLY make, create, or illustrate the habitat that the animal lives in? ____/7pts

On a scale of 1-10, how creative was the student in making the poster or diorama? ____/5pts

o Example: 1pt: student put very little effort 5pts: students went above and beyond the teachers expectations

Journal Entry: 36 points Does the journal have a cover page stating the following:

o Who you are ____/1pto Where you are in your exploration ____/1pto What year it is ____/1pto An illustration of yourself ____/2pts

On a scale of 1-5, how creative was the explorer in creating the journal? ____/5ptso Example:

1pt: student put very little effort 5pts: students went above and beyond the teachers expectations

Did the explorer explain/tell/illustrate what they were doing when they discovered the never before seen animal? ____/2pts

Did the explorer tell/give the name of the never before seen animal? ____/2pts

Did the explorer tell/explain/illustrate the following: ____/2ptso Carnivore, if so what did the animal eat (be specific)? You can’t just say

meat.o Omnivore, if so what did the animal eat (be specific)? You can’t just say

meat and vegetation.o Herbivore, if so what did the animal eat (be specific)? You can’t just say

vegetation.

Did the explorer identify/illustrate and explain the 4 different types of adaptations they saw on the never before seen animal? ____/8pts

o Odor and Explanationo Tentacles and Explanationo Horns and Explanationo Poison and Explanationo Claws and Explanationo Camouflage and Explanationo Mimicry and Explanationo Shell and Explanationo Antler and Explanationo Sound and Explanation

Did the explorer tell if the animal is a vertebrate? ____/2ptso What kind of invertebrate? ____4/pts

Mammal Did the explorer give/illustrate 3 characteristics of why it is a

mammal? Bird

Did the explorer give/illustrate give 3 characteristics of why it is a bird?

Fish Did the explorer give/illustrate 3 characteristics of why it is a

fish? Reptile

Did the explorer give/illustrate 3 characteristics of why it is a reptile?

Amphibian Did the explorer give/illustrate 3 characteristics of why it is an

amphibian?

Did the explorer tell if the animal is an invertebrate? ____/2ptso What kind of invertebrate? ____4/pts

Mollusk

Did the explorer give/illustrate 3 characteristics of why it is a mollusk?

Arthropod Did the explorer give/illustrate 3 characteristics of why it is a

arthropod? Segmented Worm

Did the explorer give/illustrate 3 characteristics of why it is a segmented worm?