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__** Comparative Anatomy Project! **__

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**Objective:** Your goal is to compare an animal to the human body. Your final product will be a wikipage with information comparing an animal to the human body for your classmates to look at. A wiki is a webpage that you will create, including text, pictures, links, and even videos! Your wikipage will be public online for anyone to find and use the information, so make sure your page looks great and is accurate! Details about the assignment and the grading rubric are located below. =====

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** Animals: ** You will be assigned one of the following categories of animals. You may choose to do any animal from your category but it cannot be the same species as any other group. The following are examples you can use but you are not limited to this list. =====

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**Human Anatomy Paragraphs:** Write a paragraph about each human body system. Each paragraph should contain information about all of the parts of the system listed below. You should explain the purpose and function of each part. =====

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**Animal Anatomy Paragraphs:** Write a paragraph for each of the same body systems as the human. Write at least one sentence on the system parts that are the same between your animal and humans. The rest of the paragraph focuses on how the animal's system is different from a human's system. =====

**Rubric:**

**Human Anatomy (18 points total)**
 * **Category** ||  **3 points**  ||  **2 points**  ||  **1 points**  ||  **0 points**  ||
 * **Digestive System** || Wiki includes information on all topics listed || Wiki includes information on most of the topics listed || Wiki includes information on a few of the topics listed || Wiki does not include information on this system ||
 * **Excretory System** || Wiki includes information on all topics listed || Wiki includes information on most of the topics listed || Wiki includes information on a few of the topics listed || Wiki does not include information on this system ||
 * **Respiratory System** || Wiki includes information on all topics listed || Wiki includes information on most of the topics listed || Wiki includes information on a few of the topics listed || Wiki does not include information on this system ||
 * **Circulatory System** || Wiki includes information on all topics listed || Wiki includes information on most of the topics listed || Wiki includes information on a few of the topics listed || Wiki does not include information on this system ||
 * **Nervous System** || Wiki includes information on all topics listed || Wiki includes information on most of the topics listed || Wiki includes information on a few of the topics listed || Wiki does not include information on this system ||
 * **Locomotion** || Wiki includes information on all topics listed || Wiki includes information on most of the topics listed || Wiki includes information on a few of the topics listed || Wiki does not include information on this system ||
 * **Animal Anatomy (18 points total)** ||
 * **Category** ||  **3 points**  ||  **2 points**  ||  **1 points**  ||  **0 points**  ||
 * **Digestive System** || Wiki includes information on how the system is the same as the humans' AND information on how they are different || Wiki includes information on how the system is the same as the humans' OR information on how they are different but not both || Wiki includes inaccurate or incomplete information on the system || Wiki does not include information on this system ||
 * **Excretory System** || Wiki includes information on how the system is the same as the humans' AND information on how they are different || Wiki includes information on how the system is the same as the humans' OR information on how they are different but not both || Wiki includes inaccurate or incomplete information on the system || Wiki does not include information on this system ||
 * **Respiratory System** || Wiki includes information on how the system is the same as the humans' AND information on how they are different || Wiki includes information on how the system is the same as the humans' OR information on how they are different but not both || Wiki includes inaccurate or incomplete information on the system || Wiki does not include information on this system ||
 * **Circulatory System** || Wiki includes information on how the system is the same as the humans' AND information on how they are different || Wiki includes information on how the system is the same as the humans' OR information on how they are different but not both || Wiki includes inaccurate or incomplete information on the system || Wiki does not include information on this system ||
 * **Nervous System** || Wiki includes information on how the system is the same as the humans' AND information on how they are different || Wiki includes information on how the system is the same as the humans' OR information on how they are different but not both || Wiki includes inaccurate or incomplete information on the system || Wiki does not include information on this system ||
 * **Locomotion** || Wiki includes information on how the system is the same as the humans' AND information on how they are different || Wiki includes information on how the system is the same as the humans' OR information on how they are different but not both || Wiki includes inaccurate or incomplete information on the system || Wiki does not include information on this system ||
 * **Animal Background (12 points total)** ||
 * **Category** ||  **3 points**  ||  **2 points**  ||  **1 points**  ||  **0 points**  ||
 * **Taxonomy** || Wiki includes the full accurate taxonomy of the animal || Wiki includes the full taxonomy of the animal, but some of it is inaccurate || Wiki includes some of the taxonomy of the animal || Wiki does not include the taxonomy of the animal ||
 * **Ecological Habitat** || Wiki includes complete and accurate information on the ecological habitat AND how this differs in humans || Wiki includes complete and accurate information on the ecological habitat OR how this differs in humans || Wiki includes some information on the ecological habitat but it is not complete or accurate || Wiki does not include information on the ecological habitat ||
 * **Food Chain** || Wiki includes complete and accurate information on the food chain AND how this differs in humans || Wiki includes complete and accurate information on the food chain OR how this differs in humans || Wiki includes some information on the food chain but it is not complete or accurate || Wiki does not include information on the food chain ||
 * **Mating Behavior** || Wiki includes complete and accurate information on the mating behavior AND how this differs in humans || Wiki includes complete and accurate information on the mating behavior OR how this differs in humans || Wiki includes some information on the mating behavior but it is not complete or accurate || Wiki does not include information on the mating behavior ||
 * ** General Information (12 points total) ** ||
 * **Category** ||  **3 points**  ||  **2 points**  ||  **1 points**  ||  **0 points**  ||
 * **Neatness** || Wiki is neat, organized, and pleasing to read || Wiki is somewhat neat, organized, and good to read || Wiki is messy or disorganized and hard to read || Wiki is messy, disorganized, and/or missing parts and hard to read ||
 * **Group Work** || Partners show respect for one another's ideas, divide the work fairly, and show a commitment to quality work and support for each other || Partners show respect for one another's ideas and divide the work fairly. There is commitment by some members toward quality work and support of one another || Partners show respect for one another's ideas and divide the work fairly. There is little evidence of a commitment toward quality work in the group || Partners argue or are disrespectful of others ideas and input. Criticism is not constructive nor is support offered. The work is mostly done by one person ||
 * **Pictures** || Wiki has 3 or more images of high quality, including a picture of your animal || Wiki has 2 images of high quality || Wiki has 1 image of high quality || Wiki has no images or the images are unclear or unrelated ||
 * **Links/ Sources** || All of the links (3 or more) are to good, quality sources || Most of the links (2 or more) are to good, quality sources || One of the links is to good, quality sources || There are no links OR the links are to questionable sources ||
 * **Group Work** || Partners show respect for one another's ideas, divide the work fairly, and show a commitment to quality work and support for each other || Partners show respect for one another's ideas and divide the work fairly. There is commitment by some members toward quality work and support of one another || Partners show respect for one another's ideas and divide the work fairly. There is little evidence of a commitment toward quality work in the group || Partners argue or are disrespectful of others ideas and input. Criticism is not constructive nor is support offered. The work is mostly done by one person ||
 * **Pictures** || Wiki has 3 or more images of high quality, including a picture of your animal || Wiki has 2 images of high quality || Wiki has 1 image of high quality || Wiki has no images or the images are unclear or unrelated ||
 * **Links/ Sources** || All of the links (3 or more) are to good, quality sources || Most of the links (2 or more) are to good, quality sources || One of the links is to good, quality sources || There are no links OR the links are to questionable sources ||