Timeline
For this project you and a partner had to choose an animal and find the first five ancestors of the species. You had to describe how they evolved, and with what characteristics through time in a creative way. My partner and I made a children's book and wrote about the rhino. In our book we described how our rhino evolved through time with different characteristics due to adaptations and mutations.
We had to choose an organism alive today and create a visual story of how your organism has evolved over time. Start your story with the earliest ancestor (that lived millions of years ago) and explain the historical events that have lead to the physical structure of your modern day living organism. You must include 5 transitional species.
To complete your story you will in partners:
Pick a species to investigate
We had to choose an organism alive today and create a visual story of how your organism has evolved over time. Start your story with the earliest ancestor (that lived millions of years ago) and explain the historical events that have lead to the physical structure of your modern day living organism. You must include 5 transitional species.
To complete your story you will in partners:
Pick a species to investigate
- Find four reliable sources to give you reliable and correct information
- Create the timeline (get creative!!) showing how and why has the organism changed over time
- Peer review and critique of timeline
- Make edits on your timeline from the critique
- Present your timeline to the class
Reproductive Isolation: different species live in the same area, but are prevented them from interbreeding
Temporal Isolation: when organisms can't mate because they mate at different times, which causes genetic variation and new species
Geographic Isolation: causes same species to separate due to geographical barriers like mountains, lakes, and rivers
Behavioral Isolation: helps same species identify each other as proper mates
Adaption: advantageous mutations that increase the likelihood of survival
Mutation: copying error in DNA
Natural Selection: the environment allowing certain mutations to become more dominant and killing off disadvantageous traits. The four main concepts of natural selection are variation, competition, survival, and reproduction of organisms that survived passing on traits
Environment: determines which traits become advantageous to the species which eventually determines how the animal looks and acts
Temporal Isolation: when organisms can't mate because they mate at different times, which causes genetic variation and new species
Geographic Isolation: causes same species to separate due to geographical barriers like mountains, lakes, and rivers
Behavioral Isolation: helps same species identify each other as proper mates
Adaption: advantageous mutations that increase the likelihood of survival
Mutation: copying error in DNA
Natural Selection: the environment allowing certain mutations to become more dominant and killing off disadvantageous traits. The four main concepts of natural selection are variation, competition, survival, and reproduction of organisms that survived passing on traits
Environment: determines which traits become advantageous to the species which eventually determines how the animal looks and acts