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__**Y**____**ear 10 Science Assessment Task 4**__ Dates and Times: Total marks allocated: Weighting: 30% of Semester 2 mark
 * DUE DATE: Monday 27th June (wk 9, term 2)**


 * [[image:http://image.wetpaint.com/image/2/mZLrWzp2L99kg7v7XLRxdw125281/GW240H315 width="133" height="197" align="right" caption="Charles Darwin as a young man"]] ||
 * Charles Darwin as a young man ||

Estimated time required: approx 10 hrs No. of class periods allocated: 3

Assessment Criteria Resource Links

Evolution, or change, is thought to be occurring owing to the variation within species that can lead to change by natural selection.Environment plays a large part in the selection process. These ideas of natural selection were first suggested by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. This assessment task investigates the fossil evidence for evolution and aims to allow students to think through the relationship of the environment to the selection process by creating their own organisms.
 * Context:**

This task requires that students employ research and investigation skills, as well as their own imagination and creativity to contribute to a wiki in a way that will show their understanding of the process of evolution. Students will use information from secondary sources to describe extinct and living organisms as well as their own scientific knowledge of the theory of evolution to suggest and explain future organisms of the same lineage.
 * Description of Task:**

1. Select and describe a **modern organism** and detail **5** adaptations of the organism (two structural, two behavioural and one physiological) and how they help it to survive in its environment. (one wiki page, **name the page with the animal's name**)
 * Students should:**

2. Research and describe an **extinct fossil organism** related to the modern organism, describe **5** adaptations and explain 1 possible selection pressure, which may have led to its extinction. (one wiki page, **name the page with the animal's name**)

3. Imagine and create **a descendant of your modern organism** and describe **5** adaptations and the environmental pressures that led to their evolution. (one wiki page, **name the page with the animal's name**)

4. Describe the habitats that your animals live/lived/will live in
 * [[image:http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/e2BWB1DsqbT8ABX-7ZnBmA2525/GW142H94 caption="Cute, but not good enough, the adaptations need to be labelled."]] ||
 * Cute, but not good enough, the adaptations need to be labelled. ||

5. Provide labelled images of each organism, this has to be **substantially** your own work. Images found online or in books are acceptable but the labelling must be your own. In the case of the future organism, you will need to create the image.

6. Provide links from within their text to __at least three__ other organisms that have been researched or imagined by other year 10 students. The links should be to organisms that are related or that share similar adaptations or environments (or perhaps they are predators or prey) and should occur in the body of the text. Not as a stand-alone word or sentence.

7. Reference your work

8. Upload your work to Turnitin

For an example of a good submission look at Hugo Chan s work from a couple of years ago.

BACK UP YOUR WORK IN WORD, A WEBSITE FAILURE WILL NOT BE AN EXCUSE FOR NON SUBMISSION

Outcomes: A student: 5.16 accesses information from a wide variety of secondary sources 5.8.3 (applies) the theory of evolution and natural selection 5.18(e) uses drawings, diagrams, graphs, tables, databases, spreadsheets and flow charts to show relationships and present information clearly and/or succinctly 5.19(g) uses cause and effect relationships to explain ideas

|||||| **Components** ** (0) ** |||||| Adaptations listed and explained in detail ** (1/2/3 ** |||| Each adaptation is outlined specifically on how it helped the animal survive ** (1/2/3/4/5) ** ||   || habitat described  ** (0) ** |||||| Environment/habitat described in detail with at least 4 aspects and a photo/map  ** (1/2/3/4/5) ** |||| Environmental pressure that could have given rise to the adaptation mentioned  ** (1/2/3/4/5) ** ||   || ** (0) ** |||| Image provided with <5 adaptations labeled  ** (1) ** |||||| Image provided with all 5 adaptations labeled  ** (2) ** ||   || ** (0) ** |||||| Adaptations listed and explained in detail  ** (1/2/34/5) ** |||| Each adaptation is outlined specifically on how it helped the animal survive  ** (1/2/3/4/5) ** ||   || ** (1/2/3/4/5) ** |||| Environmental pressure that could have given rise to the adaptation mentioned  ** (1/2/3/4/5) ** ||   || ** (0) ** |||| Image provided with <5 adaptations labeled  ** (2) ** ||   || ** (0) ** |||| Selection pressure identified ** (1) ** |||||| Selection pressure explained in detail and related to how it contributed to extinction **(2)** ||  || ** (0) ** |||||| Adaptations listed and explained in detail ** (1/2/3//4/5) ** |||| Each adaptation is outlined specifically on how it helped the animal survive ** (1/2/3/4/5) ** ||  || ** (1/2/3/4/5) ** |||| Environmental pressure that could have given rise to the adaptation mentioned ** (1/2/3/4/5) ** ||  || ** (0) ** |||| Image provided with <5 adaptations labeled ** (2) ** ||  || ** (0) ** |||| Selection pressure identified ** (1) ** |||||| Selection pressure explained in detail and related to how it may contribute to extinction **(2)** ||  || ** (1/2/3) ** ||  || (0) |||| Turn it in submitted and checked by teacher (2) ||||||  ||   || ** (1) ** |||| 3 or more sources but not in diary format __for each page__ **(2)** |||||| 3 or more sources and in diary format __for each page__ ** (3) ** ||  || 1 – 44% || Substantial 45 – 59% || Satisfactory 60 – 74% |||| High 75 – 89% || Excellent 90 – 100% ||  ||
 * & Outcomes**
 * **Assessment Criteria** ||  ||
 * **Modern Animal ( /22)** ||  ||
 * **Adaptations** || Less than 5 adaptations identified
 * **Environment/**
 * Habitat** || No environment/
 * **Image** || Only image provided
 * **Extinct Animal ( /24)** ||  ||
 * **Adaptations** |||| Less than 5 adaptations identified
 * **Environment/**
 * Habitat** |||| No environment/ habitat described
 * (0) ** |||||| Environment/habitat described in detail with at least 4 aspects and a photo/map
 * **Image** |||| Only image provided
 * (1) ** |||||| Image provided with all 5 adaptations labeled
 * **Selection Pressure** |||| No selection pressure provided
 * **Future Animal ( /24)** ||  ||
 * **Adaptations** |||| Less than 5 adaptations identified
 * **Environment/**
 * Habitat** |||| No environment/ habitat described
 * (0) ** |||||| Environment/habitat described in detail with at least 4 aspects and a photo/map
 * **Image** |||| Only image provided
 * (1) ** |||||| Image provided with all 5 adaptations labeled
 * **Environmental Pressure** |||| No selection pressure provided
 * **Overall ( /8)** ||  ||
 * **Links** |||| No links provided |||||||||| Llinks to other animals provided __for each page__
 * **Turn It In** |||| Turn it in not submitted
 * **Bibliography** |||| A list of two or less sources or not diary format __for each page__
 * **Total**
 * /78** |||||| Elementary
 * ||||||  || ** Mark **
 * ( / 78) ** ||  |||||| ** Grade ** ||   ||
 * ( / 78) ** ||  |||||| ** Grade ** ||   ||