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Baseline description of organism 1. Information is accurate or reasonable 2. Adaptations make sense in terms of the organisms habitat 3. Includes a name (common and/or scientific ) |
/10 |
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Baseline description of Environment 1. Describes climate and physical settings 2. Natural resources 3. Includes inter species interactions (predator ,prey, competition) 4. Environment makes sense as a whole |
/10 |
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Environmental Changes 1. Changes need to reflect natural earth processes 2. A range of changes are used |
/5 |
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Physical and Behavioral Adaptations 1. Ideas make sense in terms of natural selection 2. All changes in organism are reasonable ( consider pre-adaptation) 3. Must contain physical and behavioral adaptations 4. Explain where the variation came from, how it was selected for and how it is maintained in future populations 5. Changes directly resulting from environmental changes |
/40 |
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Timeline: 1. Organizational structure is clear and coherent , time points labeled 2. Timeline and the text are well coordinated 3. Timeline is referred to in text 4. Shows major events 5. Shows changes in population size |
/5 |
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Speciation event 1. Speciation event is included 2. Method of speciation is accurate and logical |
/5 |
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Images 1. Includes clear diagrams of organism showing changes 2. Need at least 5 images of the organism at different stages of its evolution 3. Includes a graph showing a selection event 4. Diagrams & pictures are referred to in the text or labeled |
/15 |
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Visual Presentation and Creativity: 1. Typed and neatly presented 2. Overall evolutionary path/details demonstrated creativity |
/10 |
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Total |
/100 |