Marine Microbes Mini-Poster
Evidence of Work:
For this project we had to make a poster about any marine microbe of our choice. It had to include the name of the marine microbe, the phylum it was in, its scientific name, and its common name. I chose to do my project on zooplankton, which had a phylum, scientific name, and common name all of zooplankton. I also wanted to add the types of zooplankton, because there are multiple. These include: radiolarians, Dino-flagellates, cnidarians, and many more. We then had to include a colored, hand drawn sketch of our microbe. On that drawing we then labeled the different atomic structures, that way the audience knows what parts are which. Finally, we included three interesting facts about our microbe. These could relate to anything, size, how it gets energy, importance, etc. The poster was very colorful and creative and was very fun to make. To the left you will see an actual photo of a zooplankton and down below is my drawing and labeled image of one.
Zooplankton Poster:
The poster above is the poster I created about Zooplankton. You will learn all about its taxonomy (rank as a species), some cool fun facts, a cool visual of a zooplankton and all its atomic structures labeled. A great way to learn more about a new species in a cool and creative way!
Content:
Below our all the important vocabulary words needed to know for this project and unit.
Taxonomy: The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematic
Phylum: A principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom.
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.
Plankton: A very diverse collection of organisms that live in large bodies of water and are unable to swim against a current. The individual organisms constituting plankton are called plankters. Are a crucial source of food to many small and large aquatic organisms, including fish and whales.
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.
Marine Microbes: Organisms that are defined by their habitat as the microorganisms living in a marine environment, such as saltwater in the seas and ocean.
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.
Zooplankton: Heterotrophic; organisms drifting in oceans, seas, and bodies of fresh water. The word zooplankton is derived from the Greek zoo, meaning "animal", and plankton, meaning "wanderer".
Microscopic Organisms: Also known as a microbe. May exist in its single-celled form or a colony of cells
Taxonomy Levels
Marine Microbes
Microscopic Organisms
Reflection:
Overall, this project defiantly had its good moments and its moments for improvement. Starting off with the good, I think I did a great job with the creativity aspect of this project. I personally love to draw, I believe it such a fun thing to do and have gotten much better at it. I really loved my drawing of the zooplankton. It is defiantly no perfect sketch, but it gives a great visual of what a zooplankton would look like in real life. It has the minor details, drawn with the black pen, and the bigger details represented with the colored markers and thick black pen. I also, tried to make the poster very colorful. Having a fun looking poster makes it more entertaining to look at, but if done correctly can draw the readers attention in specific parts in a specific order. This makes it easier to catch an audiences attention and make my work more appealing to look at. I take pride in my work and it is important o me that I would be proud showing this off and I would be proud to show this poster off. Something else I did well in the project was utilization charter. Through art, I was able to put a lot of myself onto this poster. The softer pastel colors and the eye for detail all our something I have used in my work for ages. I love the creativity aspect because you can incorporate yourself and your character in your work. It was super fun and I thought it came out very well.
Every project has room to improve on, this one the creativity was great, but the writing quality could have been better. There was not much required for this poster, which made the writing aspect seem to fall short compared to the drawing. In the future, I will go over what is required. This way the audience and myself, will gain way more knowledge on the subject and it will look better. It is always good to try and learn as much as possible and in the future that will be my goal to learn more, not for a good grade, but for just the joy of learning. Another aspect that needs work is time management. This week was very busy but I wish I split this project up into two days. That was I could have made a rough draft first, allowing me to mess around with the layout of the poster and get more ideas. Instead I just did it on my first try, it came out well, but I know I could have made it better. Besides those two ideas to incorporate next time, the project was very fun and I loved being able to draw, adding my own personal touch to it.