Crustacean & Echinoderms Mini-poster
Evidence of Work:
For this project, similar to the last poster, we got make a poster about two new phylums: Crustacean and Echinoderm. In the mini-poster, we had to research a specific species in each phylum. For each species it must have listed its phylum, scientific name, common name, and three interesting facts about the species. Also, it required multiple drawings of the animal from different view points. I preferred to draw a picture of the animal in its natural habitat, meaning what it would look like if one just saw it swimming around. For the second drawing I showed more of the inside of the species, that way I could label the atomic parts, another requirement. After doing this for each species, the poster was almost done just needed to be creative an colorful. I did this by writing in colorful pens, but still writing neat and presentable. I also created detailed, fun, and colorful drawings. It was a super fun poster to make and my poster, with both phylums included can be seen below!
My Mini Poster
The photo above shows the mini poster that I created on these two phylums. On the left side, it talks about Ghost Crabs, from the phylum: Arthropoda While on the right side it talks about the Giant Sea Star, from the Phylum: Echinoderm. Each poster has all the requirements met and can provide a simple informative project on each phylum.
Content:
It is important for any project to gain background knowledge and new knowledge on the subject as the project continues. Below is explaining some important terms recommended to know to further understand this topic.
Scientific Name: A name used by scientists, especially the taxonomic name of an organism that consists of the genus and species. Usually come from Latin or Greek
Species: The largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Kingdom: The second highest taxonomic rank, just below domain. Kingdoms are divided into smaller groups called phyla.
Marine Life: The plants, animals and other organisms that live in the salt water of the sea or ocean, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries.
Atomic Structure: The positively charged nucleus and the negatively charged electrons circling around it, within an atom. An example of atomic structure is what gives energy to atoms and then to molecules.
Crustacean: an arthropod of the large, mainly aquatic group Crustacean, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp, or barnacle.
Ghost Crabs: semiterrestrial crabs of the subfamily Ocypodinae. They are common shore crabs in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world, inhabiting deep burrows in the intertidal zone. They are generalist scavengers and predators of small animals.
Echinoderm: a marine invertebrate of the phylum Echinodermata, such as a starfish, sea urchin, or sea cucumber.
Giant Sea Star: species of sea star that lives along the western coast of North America from Southern California to British Columbia. It makes its home on rocky shores near the low tide mark. It preys on mollusks. It can grow as large as 24 in in diameter.
Habitat: the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
Ring Canal: the circular water tube that surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms
Radial Canal: any of the numerous minute canals lined with choanocytes which radiate from the body cavity
Endoskeleton: an internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates.
Ghost Crabs
The ghost crab can be seen above in its natural habitat of tropical, sandy beaches.
Giant Sea Star
The giant sea star can be seen above in its natural habitat, coastlines with low tide. They can often be found attached to rocks, pier supports or in the sand.
Reflection:
This project was once again very fun to do. It allowed us to learn about two new phylum species and further investigate them. An aspect of this project I did well on this project was creativity. The drawing component was very important for this poster to give readers a good visual of the species. It allowed them to see the outside of the species, in its everyday life. Then another drawing showed the inside of the species, to be able to label its atomic parts and demonstrate how they look in each creature. All four drawings were very detailed and well done, making the idea of what the species looked like very clear to the audience. The usage of creativity also made the poster much more fun to look a. Color and visuals are a great way to grab the readers attention, making it much more appealing. For the creativity I thought I did a great job utilizing it to make my poster appealing and colorful, while still getting the message through. Organization within the creativity was another aspect I executed well on. The poster is very clearly layed out that way it is easy to read and had a nice flow to it. This allows the audience to understand the information in the correct order, allowing the information to be conveyed to the reader much easier, and actually being entertaining to read. The creativity and organization aspects in this poster is what, in my opinion, allowed this poster to look so nice and flow.
Like any project, there is always room to improve on. Something I would like to work on was time management. I do believe my poster looks nice but it could have been better. I wish I had more time to add more detail and information to it, but sometimes in life you just get super busy and have to squeeze things in at the last moment. I still was able to complete the poster, just was not to the level of detail I wanted it to have. With more and more sports coming about with Covid-19, my schedule is getting more and more busy once again. Though, this time around I fractured my toe and that defiantly took away some quality hours of work time. It will take some readjusting but soon I will be able to get back in the groove of managing sports and my school work. In the end, I did enjoy making this poster. I loved the drawing aspect the best and it came out very well in the end. In the future, there is not much you can do when you have a slammed schedule, I just have to be good working later and rushed in time.