PROJECT ON EVOLUTION ASSIGNED TODAY WILL BE DUE ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22.  THIS IS A GROUP PROJECT THAT WILL NOT REQUIRE STUDENTS TO WORK IN GROUPS AFTER SCHOOL.  PLENTY OF TIME WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE COMPLETION OF IT IN CLASS.  STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO STUDY THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:  BIRDS, WHALES OR HORSES.  EACH GROUP CONSISTS OF 10 STUDENTS AND EACH STUDENT HAS CHOSEN AN INDIVIDUAL ERA IN THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR ANIMAL.  ONCE THE RESEARCH IS COMPLETE, THEY WILL HAVE ONE BOARD PER GROUP AND THEY WILL MOUNT THEIR INFORMATION IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FOLLOWING THE TIMELINE OF EVOLUTION FOR THAT SPECIES.  IN THEIR RESEARCH THEY HAVE TO INCLUDE;  ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE ANIMAL EXISTED, WHAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR IT TO EAT, POSSIBLE MIGRATIONS AND CAUSES, ADAPTATIONS IF ANY THAT ALLOWED IT TO SURVIVE, CHANGEGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE POSSIBLE CAUSES.  THEY ALSO MUST PRINT OUT A DRAWING OF WHAT THE ANIMAL MUST HAVE LOOKED LIKE AT THE TIME.  PLEASE PRINT THIS, HAVE IT SIGNED BY YOUR PARENT AND BRING IT IN BY FRIDAY. 

Mrs. Latour Science 7th and 8th Grades

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