Arthropod+Research+Project


 * __Arthropod WebQuest __**
 * Directions: This is the rubric, or score sheet, that will be used to score your project. Please take the time to read it carefully and score yourself before the actual presentation. **
 * || **ONE POINT ** || **THREE POINTS ** || **FIVE POINTS ** ||
 * **WRITTEN REPORT ** || Spelling and grammar are poor || Spelling and grammar errors are few || Spelling and grammar are perfect ||
 * **WRITTEN REPORT ** || Introduction, conclusion and other paragraphs are missing || Introduction, conclusion and other paragraphs are attempted || Introduction, conclusion and other paragraphs are used correctly ||
 * **WRITTEN REPORT ** || Report is unreadable || Report is difficult to read || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Report is easy to read ||
 * **<span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">WRITTEN REPORT ** || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Report uses none of the information from the Research Data Sheet || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Report uses some of the information from the Research Data Sheet || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Report uses all of the information from the Research Data Sheet ||
 * **<span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">ORAL REPORT ** || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Student speaks at a speed that is impossible to understand || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Student speaks at a speed that is difficult to understand || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Student speaks at a speed that is easy to understand ||
 * **<span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">ORAL REPORT ** || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Student speaks at a volume that is impossible to understand || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Student speaks at a volume that is difficult to understand || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Student speaks at a volume that is easy to understand ||
 * **<span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">ORAL REPORT ** || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">The report is less than 2 minutes. || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">The report is over 7 minutes or is between 2 and 3 minutes || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">The report is between 4 and 7 minutes long. ||

|| **<span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Selected Arthropod Type: __INSECT_____ ** <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">An example is on the next page. ||  ||
 * <span style="color: #330033; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Name of Arthropod <span style="color: #330033; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">( common name and scientific name)  || <span style="color: #330033; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Definition  || <span style="color: #330033; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"># of Legs  || <span style="color: #330033; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"># of Antennae  || <span style="color: #330033; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"># of main body segments  || <span style="color: #330033; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Habitat  || <span style="color: #330033; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Name of three common examples  || <span style="color: #330033; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Three pictures of examples  || <span style="color: #330033; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Most Amazing Fact Found  ||
 * ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || <span style="color: #330033; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Print Out, Drawing and one with labels of its features (characteristic)

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Label the Ant External Anatomy Diagram ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;">Read the definitions below, then label the ant external anatomy diagram.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">abdomen **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> - The abdomen is the segmented tail area of an ant. It is protected by an <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|exoskeleton] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">.**antennae** - Ants have two jointed antennae. They are sensory appendages attached to the head.**compound eye** - Ants have two compound eyes. These eyes are made up of many hexagonal lens/corneas which focus light from each part of the insect's field of view onto a <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|rhabdome] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> (the equivalent of our retina).**head** - The head of an ant (or any insect) is the location of its brain, two compound eyes, its proboscis, pharynx (the start of the digestive system), the point of attachment of its two antennae, etc. || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">jointed leg **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> - Ants, like all insects, have six jointed legs.**mandibles** - Mandibles are the jaws of the ant. The mandibles bite off food and tear it into small, easily digestible pieces.**petiole** - The small lump located between the abdomen and the thorax Some ants have one petiole and some have two.**thorax** - The thorax is the chest area of an insect (including ants). The thorax is divided into three segments; on each segment is a pair of legs. The thorax contains the muscles that make the legs move. ||