evolutionary concepts
Topic:
This case study describes a recovery program for a rodent population on the island of St. Kitts in the Caribbean. After reading the case study above, your job is to formulate your own story incorporating some of the details and data provided while also drawing on several evolutionary concepts studied in class. A list of these concepts can be found at the end of this document.
Paper details:
There are no limitations on the details you can incorporate into your story, but it should follow specific
guidelines. Your story:
• Should be 600 words or less.
• Should incorporate the data supplied in the case study.
• Should incorporate at least three of the concepts from the “Concept List.” As you incorporate each concept, you must demonstrate its relevance to your story.
• Can be told in any form. For instance, one student presented the story as field notes collected from
observing the animals in their natural habitat. Another student presented the story as a series of
experiments and observations made by groups of scientists over hundreds of years. Be creative.
• Should account for the data on the organisms provided in the case study. It is acceptable to add more
data as you develop your story as long as it fits into the patterns of the data provided.
• Can include graphics and illustrations. Be sure to cite the source and give credit for the material,
including material taken from the Internet.
• Should include a scientific and common name for the rodent populations. In developing these names,
make sure you use the rules for binomial classification. In addition, make sure that you put the rodents
into an existing genus. You come up with the species names.
• Needs a good title.
guidelines. Your story:
• Should be 600 words or less.
• Should incorporate the data supplied in the case study.
• Should incorporate at least three of the concepts from the “Concept List.” As you incorporate each concept, you must demonstrate its relevance to your story.
• Can be told in any form. For instance, one student presented the story as field notes collected from
observing the animals in their natural habitat. Another student presented the story as a series of
experiments and observations made by groups of scientists over hundreds of years. Be creative.
• Should account for the data on the organisms provided in the case study. It is acceptable to add more
data as you develop your story as long as it fits into the patterns of the data provided.
• Can include graphics and illustrations. Be sure to cite the source and give credit for the material,
including material taken from the Internet.
• Should include a scientific and common name for the rodent populations. In developing these names,
make sure you use the rules for binomial classification. In addition, make sure that you put the rodents
into an existing genus. You come up with the species names.
• Needs a good title.
