Organism Evolution Assignment
In this assignment it is your job to create an organism using all that you have learned thus far in our evolution unit. The format of the assignment will be as follows:
1 inch margins, size 12 font, Times New Roman
Double spaced
No more than 5 full pages (including diagrams and title page)

To create your organism you will do the following:
Name it (Latin name and common name)
Select an origin species that your new organism is based on
Discuss the environment changing event(s) that caused your organism to evolve, including information (if necessary) about (does not need to be in this order):
Intermediate species
Adaptations
Mutations
Founder effect
Bottleneck Effect
Genetic Drift
Cumulative Selection
Speciation – Allopatric, Sympatric
Timeline (how much time in years did it all take)
Explain any homologous, analogous, and vestigial traits in comparison with your origin species. Diagrams are helpful.
Discuss what kind of selection keeps your trait in the population
Discuss any speciation factors that keep your species isolated from others (prezygotic/postzygotic factors)
Lastly, draw a diagram, with labels, of your organism. Does not need to be perfect.

Organism Evolution Assignment
Thinking/Inquiry Criteria I/R 1 2 3 4 Aspects of organism are based on evolutionary theory Poor construction of organism using evolutionary theory Adequate construction of organism using evolutionary theory Sufficient construction of organism using evolutionary theory All aspects of organism are based in evolutionary theory Making Connections Criteria I/R 1 2 3 4 Path of organism’s evolution are linked to evolutionary theory Poor use of evolutionary theory to create history Adequate use of evolutionary theory to create history Sufficient use of evolutionary theory to create history Organism’s evolutionary history is linked to evolutionary theory Communication Criteria I/R 1 2 3 4 Proper terminology, grammar,…