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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.

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.

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.

Porifera: Comprises the sponge species. Sponges are simple invertebrate animals that live in aquatic habitats. Although the majority of sponges are marine, some species live in freshwater lakes and streams. They are found in shallow ocean environments to depths as great as five kilometers (km).

Cnidaria: A phylum containing over 9,000 species found only in aquatic and mostly marine environments. All cnidarians have radial symmetrical. There are two major body forms among the Cnidaria - the polyp and the medusa

Demosponge: The most diverse class in the phylum Porifera. They include 76.2% of all species of sponges with nearly 8,800 species worldwide. They are sponges with a soft body that covers a hard, often massive skeleton made of calcium carbonate, either aragonite or calcite.

Chironex Fleckeri: Commonly known as the sea wasp, is a species of extremely venomous box jellyfish found in coastal waters from northern Australia and New Guinea to Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Reflection:

Overall this project was super fun to do. It allowed us to not only learn about one, but two new phylum species and further investigate them. Something I did well on this project was the creativity aspect. 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 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. Another thing I did well was organization. The poster is very clearly layed out that way it is easy to read and has a 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 was rushed. This was simply due to the fact that I was super busy and on vacation. I wish I had time to do the poster before I left but I was doing many other tasks, so I brought this one on my trip with me. Though sadly, for most trips at least for me, I am busy all the time. There is always something to do and little time to sit still. This made me very worried I would not finish the poster on time! Though one night we got home early at night and I had some time to complete it. 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 though, just lost a couple hours of sleep. Mental health is very important to myself as well and if I wanted to stay up late earlier I could have, but that is extremely unhealthy and did not want to have to put myself through that if it was not necessary. 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.