Module 3: Investigating Devonian Organisms

1. Student(s) are to choose one of the organisms we’ve identified in the previous module and research the following:
   • How is the organism classified (Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family and genus)?
   • What is the organism’s phylogenic history (from what did it evolve)?
   • When did the organism live (appearance and disappearance in the fossil record)?
   • Where did the organism live (habitat)?
   • What was the organism’s means of making a living (niche)?
   • Why is the organism extinct?
   • What modern organisms (if any) is it most closely related to?
2. Students should choose and produce one or more of the following products using the information from their research in part 1.
   • Power Point presentation
   • Brochure
   • Newspaper Article
   • Other appropriate product
3. Students will present what they’ve done in step 2 to their class or another selected audience as a summative assessment (graded at the individual teachers’ discretion using appropriate rubric.)

Supplemental Files: 

Mid-Devonian-Fossils-PP-Trip-M3.pdf