This project required a lot of creativity. In my group was Olivia Matheson, Kelsea Bergerson, and Ben Klinge. This project required a lot of creativity and good organization skills. We were given a bunch of various hardware pieces ad told to categorize them. We had to name all the pieces like they are species. Then, we had to make a giant cladogram with all of the species. We created and organized them by their characteristics. Some characteristics that we looked at are shape, size, and material. Our first step in the process was evaluating what we had been given and to think of ways to categorize them. Then, we categorized them into three different groups, nails, screws, and others. Then, we put the species all into specific species and kept a few notes as to why this species is different than the others. Next, using these notes, we came up with names for the species. To do this, we entered their characteristics into google translate and translated it to latin and that was their names. All the screws had the same forename because they were all in the same family; we did the same thing with the nails and others, respectively. We categorized the others into a few different families depending on their characteristics. Then, we charted all the species into a cladogram. Finally, we wrote stories for how and why each species evolved to become what it is.
CONTENT:
Cladogram: a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species. Part of our final result
Evolution: the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
Kingdom: All living organisms are first placed into different kingdoms. There are five different kingdoms to classify life on Earth, which are Animals, Plants, Fungi, Bacteria, and Protists (single-celled organisms).
Phylum: The animal kingdom is divided into 40 smaller groups, known as phylum. Here, animals are grouped by their main features.
Class: The phylum group is then divided into even smaller groups, known as classes. The Chordata (vertebrates) phylum splits up into Mammalia (Mammals), Actinopterygii (Bony Fish), Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish) , Aves (Birds), Amphibia (Amphibians) and Reptilia (Reptiles).
Order: Each class is divided into small groups again, known as orders. The class Mammalia (Mammals), splits into different groups including Carnivora, Primate, Artiodactyla and Rodentia.
Family: In every order, there are different families of animals which all have very similar features. The Carnivora order breaks into families that include Felidae (Cats), Canidae (Dogs), Ursidae (Bears), and Mustelidae (Weasels).
Genus: Every animal family is then divided into small groups known as genus. Each genus contains animals that have very similar features and are closely related. For example, the Felidae (Cat) family contains genus including Felis (small Cats and domestic Cats), Panthera (Tigers, Leopards, Jaguars and Lions) and Puma (Panthers and Cougars).
Species: Each individual species within the genus is named after it's individual features and characteristics. The names of animals are in Latin so that they can be understood worldwide, and consist of two words. The first word in the name of an animal will be the genus, and the second name indicates the specific species.
Cladogram: a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species. Part of our final result
Evolution: the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
Kingdom: All living organisms are first placed into different kingdoms. There are five different kingdoms to classify life on Earth, which are Animals, Plants, Fungi, Bacteria, and Protists (single-celled organisms).
Phylum: The animal kingdom is divided into 40 smaller groups, known as phylum. Here, animals are grouped by their main features.
Class: The phylum group is then divided into even smaller groups, known as classes. The Chordata (vertebrates) phylum splits up into Mammalia (Mammals), Actinopterygii (Bony Fish), Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish) , Aves (Birds), Amphibia (Amphibians) and Reptilia (Reptiles).
Order: Each class is divided into small groups again, known as orders. The class Mammalia (Mammals), splits into different groups including Carnivora, Primate, Artiodactyla and Rodentia.
Family: In every order, there are different families of animals which all have very similar features. The Carnivora order breaks into families that include Felidae (Cats), Canidae (Dogs), Ursidae (Bears), and Mustelidae (Weasels).
Genus: Every animal family is then divided into small groups known as genus. Each genus contains animals that have very similar features and are closely related. For example, the Felidae (Cat) family contains genus including Felis (small Cats and domestic Cats), Panthera (Tigers, Leopards, Jaguars and Lions) and Puma (Panthers and Cougars).
Species: Each individual species within the genus is named after it's individual features and characteristics. The names of animals are in Latin so that they can be understood worldwide, and consist of two words. The first word in the name of an animal will be the genus, and the second name indicates the specific species.
Evolution Story
The durum materiales species was the first in the evolution line, born with a plastic, sleek body for swimming. The iugum metallum evolved to have a stronger body in order to protect itself and became flatter in order to fit in smaller areas for protection. Because of this the Durum Materiales died off 100 years later because they were eaten over the iugum metallum. The hexagonum metallum evolved from its flatter ancestor when it started to become rounder in order to camouflage with the rocks. For a few years a mutated species called the hexagonum tholas with an elevated head was created. However, the hole in the middle of their body was the prefered trait so this species died out rather quickly. They then evolved to have fins. The new species was called the nuces corno, and had two back fins to propel it forward. The speed of this species helped it to hunt and run from prey better. They even lost the circular body in the next evolutionary step because they no longer needed it to move. This sleeker, faster version was called the nuces acutis. These two species lived in harmony for many years. They were different but very comparable. The nuces acutis thrived for a million before going extinct due to competition over resources. Going back to the hexagonum metallum, another species evolved, the circulus line. Instead of growing fins this species grew a flatter body. The circulus family grew bigger than smaller through its radius, depending on the different environments they lived in.
The clavus aes was a new species. It came from the smallest of the circulus fractis. Its new evolutionary trait was a single tail. The tail helped it to swim through the water and was also a tool to defend itself from predators. They started to have diversity within the species. One mutation of the clavus created the blandiri acri, however, it had an unproportionally large head so it died out rather quickly. All different shapes and sizes of the clavus species line were created and they are still around today. The clauvis spiralis was the beginning of a new species.
The new species began to have ridges all around the outside. This mutation started when the winters started to get colder, and from it came the stupra species. The stupra all have ridges around them. This mutation helps them to hibernate during the winter underground. The ridges would allow for them to go into the ground and be grabbed back out. Some species of the line such as the stupra imu terebru formed a round top and other formed a hook like top, for instance, the stupra hamo. This went extinct because the round top didn’t camouflage into the flat ground as well. The hook top also went extinct for the same reason. The flat headed species is still around today.
The durum materiales species was the first in the evolution line, born with a plastic, sleek body for swimming. The iugum metallum evolved to have a stronger body in order to protect itself and became flatter in order to fit in smaller areas for protection. Because of this the Durum Materiales died off 100 years later because they were eaten over the iugum metallum. The hexagonum metallum evolved from its flatter ancestor when it started to become rounder in order to camouflage with the rocks. For a few years a mutated species called the hexagonum tholas with an elevated head was created. However, the hole in the middle of their body was the prefered trait so this species died out rather quickly. They then evolved to have fins. The new species was called the nuces corno, and had two back fins to propel it forward. The speed of this species helped it to hunt and run from prey better. They even lost the circular body in the next evolutionary step because they no longer needed it to move. This sleeker, faster version was called the nuces acutis. These two species lived in harmony for many years. They were different but very comparable. The nuces acutis thrived for a million before going extinct due to competition over resources. Going back to the hexagonum metallum, another species evolved, the circulus line. Instead of growing fins this species grew a flatter body. The circulus family grew bigger than smaller through its radius, depending on the different environments they lived in.
The clavus aes was a new species. It came from the smallest of the circulus fractis. Its new evolutionary trait was a single tail. The tail helped it to swim through the water and was also a tool to defend itself from predators. They started to have diversity within the species. One mutation of the clavus created the blandiri acri, however, it had an unproportionally large head so it died out rather quickly. All different shapes and sizes of the clavus species line were created and they are still around today. The clauvis spiralis was the beginning of a new species.
The new species began to have ridges all around the outside. This mutation started when the winters started to get colder, and from it came the stupra species. The stupra all have ridges around them. This mutation helps them to hibernate during the winter underground. The ridges would allow for them to go into the ground and be grabbed back out. Some species of the line such as the stupra imu terebru formed a round top and other formed a hook like top, for instance, the stupra hamo. This went extinct because the round top didn’t camouflage into the flat ground as well. The hook top also went extinct for the same reason. The flat headed species is still around today.
REFLECTION
Our group worked together very well and we were able to split up work into jobs that fit us best and accomplish greatness.
Things I learned about myself:
1) I am very creative when it comes to things that aren't necessarily visual
2) I am good at categorizing things
Things I could have done better:
1) Stay focused and not talk
2) Making sure we are ready for presenting
Peak: We were very proficient and creative in coming up with the names for the species.
Peak: We all worked very hard on the story and were able to make it really good.
Pit: We had to make some last minute changes because we realized that our presentation wasn't ready and this made our project seem bad.
Pit: We were working on two projects at once with separate groups for each and this caused a little bit of chaos.
Our group worked together very well and we were able to split up work into jobs that fit us best and accomplish greatness.
Things I learned about myself:
1) I am very creative when it comes to things that aren't necessarily visual
2) I am good at categorizing things
Things I could have done better:
1) Stay focused and not talk
2) Making sure we are ready for presenting
Peak: We were very proficient and creative in coming up with the names for the species.
Peak: We all worked very hard on the story and were able to make it really good.
Pit: We had to make some last minute changes because we realized that our presentation wasn't ready and this made our project seem bad.
Pit: We were working on two projects at once with separate groups for each and this caused a little bit of chaos.