FinalProject

You will use the Class Wikispace to create a newsletter describing four Phyla. You will have one class period to research and gather information and graphics using your labs, handouts, textbook, and the Internet. You will have one class period to design and put the information in your newsletter. **//Use your time wisely! NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED!!//** **Basic Requirements:** • Use Wikispaces, create a new page with your name • Have a descriptive title • Include the name of author (that’s you) • Use 4 pages • Give credit where credit is due – **__ALL__** sources of information and graphics must be listed in the //Works Cited//. Plagiarized (copied) work will earn you a ZERO. • One graphic / image for each Phyla must be included as part of the explanation of that group. The graphic may be clipart or an image from the Internet. If you use an image from the Internet, you must give appropriate credit in the //Works Cited// section. • The newsletter must have **9** articles or stories:  · Page 1 has 2 stories – one describing general information about the Animal Kingdom, and one discussing ways to keep the environment safe.  · The following systems must be discussed on pages 2 and 3:  · Mollusks  · Arthropods  · Echinoderms  · Aves  · Information to include on each Phyla – **//structure//** and **//function//** (what does it do and how is it different from other organisms), **//description//** of the Phyla, the **//economic importance//**, and **//examples//** or **//characteristics//** of the organisms  · Page 4 contains an article explaining other animals and a “works cited” section **Design Issues:** • Use clear easy-to-read fonts for the text. //Good fonts://  · Times  · Arial  · Tahoma  · Antique Olive //Not good fonts://  · //Handwriting or Script Fonts//  · Jokerman • You can use more “decorative” fonts for the titles • Stay within your color schemes – too many colors are distracting • Using too many different fonts is also distracting • Keep your text font size between 10 – 14 points • Title font size should be larger than 14 points **Grading:** • You have a rubric that identifies the criteria that will be used in evaluating your newsletter. Use it to guide your work. You are in control of your grade. • You will be graded on two things: **content** and **design**.
 * Final Product – Zoology**