Project description
In this project we organized hardware as if they were fossils that we had found. We attempted to find how the hardware evolved, named all of them, and came up with a story about why they evolved. We made a powerpoint and presented the way that we organized it. The point of this project was to learn about evolution, especially classification. We created a cladogram, which is a way to classify organisms.
Here is a picture of our cladogram.
To organize, we focused mostly on shape, and partially on color in order to differentiate species. We did not consider size a factor, just a variable within a species.
To organize, we focused mostly on shape, and partially on color in order to differentiate species. We did not consider size a factor, just a variable within a species.
Next we wrote a story about a possible way that the hardware evolved. We included what caused them to evolve, reasons like a drought, new predator, or to fill a niche.
Evolution Story
The durum materiales species was the first in the evolution line, born with a plastic, sleek body for swimming. The iugum metallum evolved to have a stronger body in order to protect itself and became flatter in order to fit in smaller areas for protection. Because of this the Durum Materiales died off 100 years later because they were eaten over the iugum metallum. The hexagonum metallum evolved from its flatter ancestor when it started to become rounder in order to camouflage with the rocks. For a few years a mutated species called the hexagonum tholas with an elevated head was created. However, the hole in the middle of their body was the prefered trait so this species died out rather quickly. They then evolved to have fins. The new species was called the nuces corno, and had two back fins to propel it forward. The speed of this species helped it to hunt and run from prey better. They even lost the circular body in the next evolutionary step because they no longer needed it to move. This sleeker, faster version was called the nuces acutis. These two species lived in harmony for many years. They were different but very comparable. The nuces acutis thrived for a million before going extinct due to competition over resources. Going back to the hexagonum metallum, another species evolved, the circulus line. Instead of growing fins this species grew a flatter body. The circulus family grew bigger than smaller through its radius, depending on the different environments they lived in.
The clavus aes was a new species. It came from the smallest of the circulus fractis. Its new evolutionary trait was a single tail. The tail helped it to swim through the water and was also a tool to defend itself from predators. They started to have diversity within the species. One mutation of the clavus created the blandiri acri, however, it had an unproportionally large head so it died out rather quickly. All different shapes and sizes of the clavus species line were created and they are still around today. The clauvis spiralis was the beginning of a new species.
The new species began to have ridges all around the outside. This mutation started when the winters started to get colder, and from it came the stupra species. The stupra all have ridges around them. This mutation helps them to hibernate during the winter underground. The ridges would allow for them to go into the ground and be grabbed back out. Some species of the line such as the stupra imu terebru formed a round top and other formed a hook like top, for instance, the stupra hamo. This went extinct because the round top didn’t camouflage into the flat ground as well. The hook top also went extinct for the same reason. The flat headed species is still around today.
The durum materiales species was the first in the evolution line, born with a plastic, sleek body for swimming. The iugum metallum evolved to have a stronger body in order to protect itself and became flatter in order to fit in smaller areas for protection. Because of this the Durum Materiales died off 100 years later because they were eaten over the iugum metallum. The hexagonum metallum evolved from its flatter ancestor when it started to become rounder in order to camouflage with the rocks. For a few years a mutated species called the hexagonum tholas with an elevated head was created. However, the hole in the middle of their body was the prefered trait so this species died out rather quickly. They then evolved to have fins. The new species was called the nuces corno, and had two back fins to propel it forward. The speed of this species helped it to hunt and run from prey better. They even lost the circular body in the next evolutionary step because they no longer needed it to move. This sleeker, faster version was called the nuces acutis. These two species lived in harmony for many years. They were different but very comparable. The nuces acutis thrived for a million before going extinct due to competition over resources. Going back to the hexagonum metallum, another species evolved, the circulus line. Instead of growing fins this species grew a flatter body. The circulus family grew bigger than smaller through its radius, depending on the different environments they lived in.
The clavus aes was a new species. It came from the smallest of the circulus fractis. Its new evolutionary trait was a single tail. The tail helped it to swim through the water and was also a tool to defend itself from predators. They started to have diversity within the species. One mutation of the clavus created the blandiri acri, however, it had an unproportionally large head so it died out rather quickly. All different shapes and sizes of the clavus species line were created and they are still around today. The clauvis spiralis was the beginning of a new species.
The new species began to have ridges all around the outside. This mutation started when the winters started to get colder, and from it came the stupra species. The stupra all have ridges around them. This mutation helps them to hibernate during the winter underground. The ridges would allow for them to go into the ground and be grabbed back out. Some species of the line such as the stupra imu terebru formed a round top and other formed a hook like top, for instance, the stupra hamo. This went extinct because the round top didn’t camouflage into the flat ground as well. The hook top also went extinct for the same reason. The flat headed species is still around today.
Concepts
Natural Selection- the process by which organisms with advantageous traits are more likely to reproduce, and those organisms become the majority of a population
Species- A group of organisms that is able to reproduce and create fertile offspring
Speciation- When a species has separate groups that develop different traits until they can no longer reproduce with each other
Evolution- Changes in a species over time
Mutation- Changes in the DNA of an organism, usually due to a problem in DNA replication or reproduction
Isolation- When two groups of one species are separated in some way and slowly adapt until they are no longer able to reproduce and become two different species
Species- A group of organisms that is able to reproduce and create fertile offspring
Speciation- When a species has separate groups that develop different traits until they can no longer reproduce with each other
Evolution- Changes in a species over time
Mutation- Changes in the DNA of an organism, usually due to a problem in DNA replication or reproduction
Isolation- When two groups of one species are separated in some way and slowly adapt until they are no longer able to reproduce and become two different species
Reflection
During this project it was sometimes very difficult to stay focused. At times none of the group would be working on the project. We would be distracted by other work, or something happening in the class. Other times we would be working really well together and getting a lot of work done. If we could have worked like that consistently, we would have had an amazing project. Another hard part of this project was writing the story, at least at first. We didn't really understand what the story was supposed to be like, and we had to be very creative in order to write it, which we were not expecting. The best part of this project was when we finished the cladogram, because it was a major accomplishment for us.