Life+Science

Due June 5: Read about cloning Glencoe Blue p. 323-324 Find 3 Pro's and 3 Con's of Cloning (2 points each) Use my website Labs/project links - Biotechnology for some help. Record websites where you found information- you must have 4 references (2 points each) - 8 points Total: 20 points

Example: Pro- Cloning allows new skin tissue to be grown for burn victims. Reference: www. Con- Cloning eliminates organismal diversity. Reference: www.

Project: Plant Project - We will study the following phyla of plants. Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta) Hornworts (Phylum Anthocerophyta || Non VASCULAR Bryophytes (no vascular tissue) || Horsetails, Whisk Ferns, Ferns (Phylum Pterophyta) || Seedless vascular plants || Cycads (Phylum Cycadophyta) Ginkgos (Phylum Ginkgophyta) Gnetophytes (Phylum Gnetophyta) || Gymnosperms (vascular, naked seeds) ||  Monocots  Eudicots || Angiosperms (vascular, protected seeds || Common Name: Black Bamboo Scientific Name: //Phyllostachyls nigra// Native Monocot
 * **Classification ** || **Characteristics ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Liverworts (Phylum Hepatophyta)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Club mosses, Spike Mosses, Quillworts (Phylum Lycophyta)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Conifers (Phylum Coniferophyta)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Flowering Plants (Phylum Anthophyta)

Project: An Arthorpod's Life 7th grade due dates: March 13th Research due May 23rd: Journal Entries and Art due Students will need to have a bibliography that contains 3 websites and 2 books (1 reference/encyclopedia book if possible… if not possible Wikipedia can be used as a last option resource. [] - I have some sites that are good on my website.   [|www.easybib.com]

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Bell MT',serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">ANIMAL KINGDOM

<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">INVERTEBRATES: Animals that do not have backbones. <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;">ARTHROPODS (Phylum, Arthropoda): Invertebrates that are covered by an exoskeleton and have several pairs of rigid, jointed legs. <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">SUBPHYLUM <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Crustaceans: Arthropods with two pairs of antennae; most live in the water. <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Shrimp, Barnacles, Crabs, Lobster <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Chelicerates: Arthropods with a body divided into two parts; they do not have antennae. Arachnids, Sea Spiders, Horseshoe Crabs <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Uniramians: Arthropods with a single pair of antennae and pairs of unbranched legs Centipedes, Millipedes, Insects <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">DIRECTIONS: <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';">A. Look over the list below. Circle and number your top <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">3 <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif';"> choices, (number 1 your top request). <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">B. Fill in these blanks once your Arthropod __has been approved__.

<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">CLASS___ ORDER_____FAMILY___

__<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">GENUS _____ SPECIES__

<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">1. Wolf Spider <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. Honey bee <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. Lace Weavers <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. Termite <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">5. Ladybug <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">6. Cricket <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">7. Bumble bee <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">8. Aphid <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">9. Mealy bug <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">10. Monkey Grasshopper <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">11. Monarch Butterfly <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">12. Swallowtail Butterfly <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">13. Stink Bugs <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">14. Praying mantis <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">15. Hornet <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">16. Wasp <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">17. Scorpion fly <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">18. Tiger Beetle <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">19. Carrion Beetle <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">20. Asian tiger mosquito <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">21. Milkweed bug <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">22. Firefly <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">23. June bug <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">24. Katydid <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">25. Stag beetle <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">26. Gnat <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">27. Rosy maple moth <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">28. Earwigs <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">29. Flea <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">30. Leaf bug <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">31. Social Wasps <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">32. Broad wing damselfly <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">33. Bedbugs <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">34. Cicadas <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">35. Toad bug <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">36. Bombardier beetle <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">37. March Fly <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">38. Pond skater (water glider) <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">39. Brine Shrimp <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">40. Army ant <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">41. Carpenter ant <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">42. Cave cricket <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">43. Locust <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">44. Box elder bug <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">45. Horseshoe Crab <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">46. Horn bugs <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">47. Darkling Beetles <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">48. Painted Lady Butterfly <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">49. Fruit fly <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">50. House fly <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">51. Tick Shrimp <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">52. Barnacle <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">53. Northern Lobster <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">54. Hermit Crab <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">55. Edible Crab <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">56. Tarantula <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">57. Walking Stick <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">58. Common cockroach <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">59. Daddy Long-Legs <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">60. Tailed Whip Scorpions <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">61. Scarab Beetle <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">62. Tiger Moth

**<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 20pt;">A Bug’s… no an Arthropod’s Life ** **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 20pt;">Job Assignment ** ** McRELL Science Standards: **
 * 5. [|Understands the structure and function of cells and organisms] ||
 * 6. [|Understands relationships among organisms and their physical environment] ||
 * 7. [|Understands biological evolution and the diversity of life] ||

<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">As a scientist you have been sent to explore a world far away where all the people have been magically transformed into an arthropods (Phylum Arthropod). Your challenge is to research an Arthropod and create a diary of your experiences as a specific arthropod. <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">1. Which Arthropod is for you? Look over the list of “bugs”. You cannot have the same bug as anyone else and this is on a first come first-serve basis. Choice #1_ Choice #2_ Choice #3_ **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Language Arts/Reading/Science ** <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Research the following: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">Foods <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">What types of food does your arthropod eat? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">How does your arthropod eat? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Where does your arthropod fit into the food chain? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">Habitats <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">Where does your arthropod live? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">What are the advantages of living in that habitat? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">Adaptations <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">How does your arthropod protect itself from danger? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">How has your arthropod adapted to its environment? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">Interactions <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">What does your arthropod encounter in its living area? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">How does your arthropod fit into the ecosystem? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">Description <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">How is your arthropod different from other arthropods? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">How is similar to other arthropods? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times-Roman','serif'; text-align: center;">What does your arthropod look like? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Life cycle <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 18pt;">: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">All arthropods (insects, spiders, crustaceans, etc.) go through a series of changes called metamorphosis. Describe the stages of your arthropod’s life cycle. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">Scientific Name: //Genus species//

**<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Name: ** **<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Date:_ ** //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18pt;">A Bug’s… no an Arthropod’s Life continued… // **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Language Arts/Reading ** <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">2. Write three “diary” entries from that arthropods perspective · <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Each diary entry must describe a day in the life of each of your different life stages. · <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Write about your interactions with nature and provide the scientific and common names of the plants and animal interactions. · <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">include the arthropod’s scientific and common name in their first diary entry. · <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Each diary entry must be 150 to 200 words (for a total of 450 to 600 words, approximately two to three double-spaced pages).

**<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Art ** <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Focus: Symmetry using your Arthropod <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">3D model <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">2D water color or hand-drawn illustration

**<span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Science ** <span style="font-family: 'Bell MT','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Students will discuss the following topics: Taxonomy, Cells, Arthropods, Life Cycles, Habitats, Adaptations, Ecosystems