Introduction
For this project our task was to choose an animal and make an evolution timeline on our animal. After we got our instructions my partner and I decided to choose a flying squirrel. After researching the evolution for days we found out that the information flying squirrels evolution was minimal because of their small and brittle bone structure and they also have no fossil record. We then decided that we wanted to keep researching and find the best evolution series that we could.
Slideshow
Biology Concepts
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. Evolution is used to show the timeline of an animal.
Common ancestor~the most recent ancestral form or species from which two different species evolved. This helps to show the relationship between different animals.
Cladogram~a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species. Cladograms show a different way to find the timeline of a certain animal.
Timeline~a line showing particular dates over a period of time. Timelines are what we used to organize information in this project to show its history.
Natural Selection~Adaptations, variation, competition, surviving and reproducing in nature. This is the way that leads to the way evlution that we use.
Adaptations~ a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment. We
Survival of fittest~ a phrase that originated from Darwinian evolutionary theory as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection. The biological concept of fitness is defined as reproductive success.
Common ancestor~the most recent ancestral form or species from which two different species evolved. This helps to show the relationship between different animals.
Cladogram~a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species. Cladograms show a different way to find the timeline of a certain animal.
Timeline~a line showing particular dates over a period of time. Timelines are what we used to organize information in this project to show its history.
Natural Selection~Adaptations, variation, competition, surviving and reproducing in nature. This is the way that leads to the way evlution that we use.
Adaptations~ a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment. We
Survival of fittest~ a phrase that originated from Darwinian evolutionary theory as a way of describing the mechanism of natural selection. The biological concept of fitness is defined as reproductive success.
Reflection
Overall this project turned out well and it was a fun project to do. I thought that as an individual I could have done more to go in depth with the details of this project. When I was researching I could have looked into more about why this happened to the squirrelles. As a group I think that we could have had better work ethic. At times I believe we could have done a better job at focusing on the task we had. Individually I thought I excelled at listening to other people's ideas for the different parts of the project. I listened to my others groups ideas while making the presentation. As a group I thought we were good at being creative with our project ideas and animals. We described each section using its own pictures and slides. This project was very informative.