Design A Habitat Project

So taking the design a species project one step further!! :)
Use pgs 74-75 to brainstorm (or you can always type things electronically on a google doc)

Design a Habitat Project Honors

For this project, your will work in pairs of two. Your team will be designing a habitat for the species you previously created.  You will plan and then create this habitat on poster board or butcher paper (available in the tech center) for presentation to the rest of the class.  Both species created by team members in the previous project must be included in this habitat.

1.      Describe your habitat.  What physical features (biotic and abiotic factors) are present?  (Terrain, water source, vegetation, etc.)

What niche does each student’s species occupy in the habitat? This niche would be the separate environment within the habitat. Ex:  In a riparian habitat a bird would be the niche above ground and a fish would be in an underwater niche)

2.      The habitat you have designed will undergo an ecological pressure. This is an event that will impact your species’ environment and cause both species to adapt to the new environment.

You may choose from the following evolutionary ecological pressure events and ENTER IT BELOW: 

fire, flood, earthquake, atmospheric change (warmer, colder), meteor shower, or 

one of your own (clear this with your teacher)

Design a Habitat Sheet

Design habitats: Before:  is the original habitat

                               After: is for after the ecological pressure occurs. ECOLOGICAL PRESSURE___________

                                           Species one                                                                     Species two

	before	after		before	after
Terrain
Climate
Water source
vegetation

                                               

3.      Identify traits that make each species able to survive in their environments before the ecological pressure.

                                  Species one                                                                                        Species two

Genetic traits
Traits one
Trait two
Trait three

                                   

4.      How are your species going to respond so that they will have a chance to survive? Identify mutations that will be favored because of the ecological event. How will it give the species an advantage over others without that mutation?

5.      Identify the vehicle for speciation: geographic isolation, gene pool, natural selection, change in environment

	Species one-		Species Two	Speciation by
Mutation one
Mutation Two

6.      Create a cladogram for both of your species before the ecological event. Identify the type of evolution that created the species, convergent or divergent. After the ecological event you will add a section to the cladogram to show how your original species diverged.

Design a Habitat Rubric Honors           

Grading Category	4 points	6 points	8 points	10 points	score
Habitat	The project does not display a suitable habitat for either of the students species	The project displays a suitable habitat for one of the students species	The project displays a suitable habitat for both of the students species	The project clearly displays a suitable habitat for both student species and includes an area they both share
Species	Lists one  trait for one species that makes them suitable for their niche (environment)	List one trait for each species that makes them suitable for their niche (environment)	List two traits for each species that makes them suitable for their niche (environment)	List three traits for each species that makes them suitable for their niche (environment)
Response to Ecological Pressure	The project does not identify a mutation/adaptation any species to an ecological pressure event	The project identifies   one mutation/adaptation for  one of  the student species to an ecological pressure event	The project  identifies one mutation/adaptation for  both student species to an ecological pressure event	The project identifies two mutations/adaptations   for both student species to an ecological pressure event
Cladogram Identify & diagram either divergent or convergent evolution between the two species	Divergent or Convergent Cladogram for one species before the  ecological pressure is complete	Divergent or Convergent Cladogram for both (or including both) species before the ecological pressure is complete	Divergent or Convergent Cladogram for one species showing before the ecological pressure and after, is complete	Divergent or Convergent Cladogram for both (or including both) species showing before the ecological pressure and after, is complete
Type of speciation caused by event	Identify how speciation occurred for one species before the ecological event	Identify how speciation occurred for both species before the ecological event	Identify how speciation occurred for one species before and after the ecological event	Identify how speciation occurred for both species before and after the ecological event
Poster	One habitat is presented for one species before the ecological event	Both habitats are shown for both species before the ecological event	Both habitats before and after the ecological event and the resulting phenotypic changes are shown for one species	Both habitats before and after the ecological event and the resulting phenotypic changes are shown for both species