Assignment: Decide on a family of organisms. Find its Latin and common names an add those to the web site. Show us two or more of the species in the family, with pictures and text descriptions, using the Latin binomials. Also give the common names (if there are any). Show where the family fits in the taxonomic hierarchy by identifying its Kingdom, Phylum, Class, and Order.
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Title Taxonomic hierarchy First species Second species Scientific name Bonus points |
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Family Latin name, common name and a picture to represent the family are all included at the top of the page Kingdom, Phylum, Class and Order are specified Species description, scientific name, common name and a picture are all included together somewhere on the page Species description, scientific name, common name and a picture are all included together somewhere on the page Scientific name is all in italics with first letter of Genus capitalized and species completely lowercase. 3 additional species described as above or equivalent amount of other information is included |
2
Two of the three are there Three of the four taxonomic levels are correctly given Three of the four required elements are there Three of the four required elements are there Scientific name is in italics or meets proper capitalization/lowercase specifications (not both) 2 additional species described as above or equivalent amount of other information is included |
1
One of the three are there One or two of the four taxonomic levels are correctly given One or two of the four required elements are there One or two of the four required elements are there Scientific name does not meet any of the italics/capitalization guidelines. 1 additional species described as above or equivalent amount of other information is included |