Species Presentation

Resource: “The Origin of Species” section in Ch. 14 of Campbell Essential Biology With Physiology.

Choose a species to research.

Create a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation about your chosen species.

Include the following in your presentation:

How may your species have evolved?
Describe the mechanism of speciation, in general, and apply the mechanism to the species you researched.
Include evidence that supports your speciation hypothesis.
What role does natural selection play with this species?
What role does it play with evolution in general?
Does that apply to this species?

Include detailed speaker notes with citations.

Include references in APA format.

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Rubric for the Species Presentation

Requirements	Points	Comments
Content (60 points)
The specific species is identified	x/5
An explanation is given on how your species may have evolved.	xx/10
A description of the mechanism of speciation is given and is applied to the species researched.	xx/15
Evidence is given supporting the speciation hypothesis.	xx/10
An explanation is given on the role natural selection has played with the specific species researched.	xx/10
An explanation is given on the role natural selection in general of all species.	xx/10
Mechanics (20 points)
No spelling errors	x/5
7 to 10 slides presented. All slides have visuals pertaining to the topic.	x/5
All slides have no more than 5 bullets and no more than 5 words per bullet.	x/5
Detailed speaker notes are given with citations. References are APA formatted.	x/5
Total points (80 points)	xx/80