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Sunday, April 19, 2020

The Sea Sponge- the simplest animal

Watch this intro video on how sponges filter feed with their collar cells


 Here are your Notes on sponges
 Sponges slide show

ASSIGNMENT 1:  Create at least three pages out of the following material.  Each page will be evaluated for 5 points for a total of 15 points.  You may use more pages if you want for each section.  Please upload a picture (jpeg) or pdf of your work on microsoft teams

PAGE 1.
Draw a one page cartoon or write a rhyming poem/rap song on the Sponges slide show.

PAGE 2
 Sponges are the earliest animals:
 Watch this video and give me a cartoon or poem about the main points of this Shape of Life video
https://www.shapeoflife.org/video/sponges-origins

PAGE 3
IF YOU PUT A SPONGE THROUGH A BLENDER AND TRY TO MAKE BOBA OUT OF IT...
the sponge will survive!  Sponges are capable of reassembling themselves.  Watch this cool video to observe this phenomenon and summarize the main points in a cartoon or a poem
https://www.shapeoflife.org/video/sponges-time-lapse-sponge-cells-recombining

Evaluation for the cartoon
5.  your cartoon stands out from all the rest.  it is well thought out and work has been put into it. It is       in ink or colour. it includes all the major points.
4  your cartoon is excellent and it includes all the major points
3  your cartoon is quite good. it may be missing a few details but it is well done
0-2. your cartoon is a good start but it is incomplete

Evaluation for the rap or rhyming poem
5.  your writing includes all the major details of the content.  it has good rhythm and it is very clever
4.   your writing is excellent and includes all the correct details.  it rhymes
3.  your content is really good, it is missing a few details but still very entertaining
0-2. your writing is incomplete.


ASSIGNMENT 2.  Send me the link to your blog through teams
Make a Biology blog.  Get together with colleagues in our biology class or work on your own, but first, create a public blog.  This blog should not have your name on it. It can have your initials. I will be asking you to post observations on this blog. For now, set it up, design it and send it to me, including details of who will be the authors.  I will accept up to 3 authors on one blog.  Your first post ought to be a sample of your work that you already handed in, such as your picture or your poem, but blur out your name. A REMINDER TO DISABLE ALL COMMENTS FOR YOUR BLOG.

evaluation:  Each group member should upload a first post, with no identifying name. just initials. 

5 - you send me a blog with a picture of your animalia assignment that has been altered to not show your name.  Your blog looks really nice.  You are working by yourself, or you are working with a group.  If you have a group, let me know the complete names of each group member.  Each member must upload a pic of their previous assignment.
0 - you did not send me any blog.