Evidence of Work:
My group's project was on the study of Giant Otters. We focused on how and why they are going extinct which led us to discover many things about Giant Otters that my group had not anticipated. In the beginning we all wanted to film a short documentary but we soon realized that a slideshow would be the best option for our group to do. Then my group started the slideshow and we gathered our evidence from differing sources. We have these sources listed at the end of our slideshow.
Concepts
Biodiversity: The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
Evolution: The process by which different kinds of organisms are thought to have diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
Extinction: The state or process of a species, family, or larger group that is being or becoming extinct.
Adaptation: A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
Mutation: Occurs when a DNA gene is damaged or changed in such a way as to alter the genetic message carried by that gene.
Gene flow: The transfer of genetic variation from one population to another.
Natural Selection: The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
Speciation: The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution throughout different processes.
Evolution: The process by which different kinds of organisms are thought to have diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
Extinction: The state or process of a species, family, or larger group that is being or becoming extinct.
Adaptation: A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
Mutation: Occurs when a DNA gene is damaged or changed in such a way as to alter the genetic message carried by that gene.
Gene flow: The transfer of genetic variation from one population to another.
Natural Selection: The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
Speciation: The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution throughout different processes.
Reflection
This project overall went very great. My group and I communicated well with each other and there was never a time when we were confused on what each of us were doing. In addition, if something came up that needed to be addressed we would all help with it. One thing that I learned from this project is to trust and believe in your teammates. Last year I would always try to do things by myself which ended up stressing me out. If there was any cons that I would have to mention it would be that we took a while to get started. One pro of this project was that we were given just the right amount of time to get everything done. Something that I need to improve on for myself is definitely my production because sometimes I will slack off and procrastinate. In the future I will just do things when they're assigned rather than waiting. All in all, this project was near perfect for my group and I due to everybody contributing equally and communicating well.