10 points Group member names Block Date Title YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE POWERPOINT, BUT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRESENTING ALL THE REQUIRED INFORMATION!

Your group must include a starter for the class to write down. This starter includes your teaching objectives for your notes and a moment of math that is a review (not new). 10 points

 40 points  Your project should include at least 4 slides containing the answers to the following questions about your subject: ◦ Does it have a backbone? ◦ Skeleton? ◦ What is Symmetry and what type of symmetry does it have? ◦ How does it think? (Does it have a nervous system?)

 Types of Symmetry ◦ Radial Symmetry ◦ Bilateral Symmetry ◦ Asymmetry  Use dictionary.com if you need to…

 40 points  Explain and show an example of the 4 most distinguishing characteristics of your phylum or class. ◦ These characteristics must be UNIQUE to your group! ◦ ALL the organisms in the group must have these characteristics.  HINT: if a new organism was found, what special things would it have if it is going into this phylum (or class).

 20 points ◦ Habitat – describe the habitats where your organism lives ◦ How do your organisms eat?  Helping Hint: ◦ A good way to describe a niche is to look at what would happen to the community of organisms if your organism went extinct.

 20 points  Include several (more than 3) pictures and cool facts about your phylum/class (or a really awesome organism’s adaptations).  Use creative%20commons creative%20commons  Search ONLY in the Creative Commons area.

You must include a bibliography in MLA style! 10 points

 Grammar  Spelling  Does it look nice?  Did you use pictures?  Did you use titles and captions?  Does it look like an A project?

 Did everyone contribute to the project?  Your group/partner can award you up to 10 points for your effort, but the teacher has OVER-RIDE power if they see that some members of the group are not helping as much as they should!!!

 20 points for presentation ◦ All group members speak at some point in the presentation ◦ Making eye contact ◦ Knowledgeable ◦ Clear and we can hear you

ItemPoints PossiblePoints received Title10 Starter10 Physical Characteristics 40 Most Dist. Characteristic 40 Niche20 Examples and Facts20 Bibliography10 Style20 Group Rating10 Presentation20 TOTAL200 PROJECT RUBRIC:

Your notes will be taken on pages that look like this:

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