Ms. Kulkarni: Symbiotic relationship(Wednesday)

February 13, 2007

Symbiotic relationship(Wednesday)

Students will finish their exploring ecosystems in class. They will then work on the symbiotic relationships assignment.Click below to read about the assignment.
symbiotic relationship

Task: You will work in pairs to explore and research information about the three types of symbiotic relationships: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. You will
1: Define: Mutualism, Commensalism and parasitism
2: Give examples of each type of relationship.
3: Answer the question: The year is 2800 in a galaxy far, far away. You are a symbiont in search of a humanoid (used to describe a being from another planet that has the appearance or characteristics of a human) in order to form a symbiotic relationship. What type of relationship would you form? (mutualistic, commensalistic, parasitic) What would you look like? How does your relationship impact the humanoid? Write a science fiction story about your life as a symbiont and illustrate it!
You have the option to type or handwrite the information

Here are some links for the symbiotic relationships.

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent591k/symbiosis.html
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/S/Symbiosis.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/symbiosis
http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=symbio
http://www.ms-starship.com/sciencenew/symbiosis.htm

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