In the Cladogram project, each group was given an assortment of nuts, bolts, screws, nails and other random small metal objects. Our task was to sort them based on their characteristics and similarities & differences and then create a diagram showing their relations between each other. We then had to name each family and species of tools using Latin roots that described each object. The final step was to present our Cladogram to our class.
Concepts
Cladogram- a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species Speciation-the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution Family-is a group of people affiliated either by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence Genus-a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name Species- largest group of organisms in which two individuals can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction Classification-the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics 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 Adaptation-a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment Natural Selection-survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype Phenotype-the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment Genotype-the genetic constitution of an individual organism Competition-the activity or condition of competing to survive in an environment
Overall, this project went very well for both me individually and my group as a whole. I took more initiative during the process than I have in the past, which made me feel more hard working and I was contributing a lot to my teammates. This project was very detail-oriented and took a lot of focus and hard work. Despite how complicated the whole process was, we pulled it off in the end and got a very good grade. While we did pull it off in the end, we struggled a bit with dividing the work. During most of the project only a couple people would be working at a time, not working all together to get things done quicker. During this project I really learned a lot about the importance of work ethic and improved my own, which overall felt very successful.