Assignment Part 2: The Outline Objective:  Organize your thoughts and the main points of your research for your final presentation Assignment Instructions:   To help you complete Part 3: The Presentation, you will first submit an outline to organize your thoughts and main points. Your outline should be formatted a specific way and must contain the following elements as described below.  To prepare for this assignment, I recommend that you do the following: · Read these directions carefully. · Review the sample outline. This sample is merely to show formatting; please see the criteria for the outline below to ensure you have included all five required sections. The outline format :  Your outline must be formatted as described and exemplified in the example attached.  Please note that this format will be assessed in your grade: · Use an alphanumeric sequence · Sections should be indented and aligned · Follow the suggested order of the required elements · Use brief but detailed and descriptive phrases.  ANIMALS: I. The Introduction Section A. Organism Introduction 1. The common and scientific name of your organism. Please see this link to help with scientific names if needed: How To Write Scientific Names 2. Where you observed your organism (country, state, park, zoo, etc.) 3. A brief discussion on why you chose your organism 4. If possible, a picture and/or video of you safely observing your species in the field. If not possible, search the Internet for an image (and remember to cite your source for the image) in a typical habitat. II. The Body A. Physical Description 1. You must include a brief physical description. You can use your personal observations. If you cannot safely observe your organism, you must research. a. Size, Coloring, etc. B. Life Cycle and Reproduction 1. Life Cycle: describe the life cycle of your organism.  The life cycle refers to the series of changes that happens from the beginning of life as your organism develops and grows into a mature organism.  Please see here for some hints on the Life Cycle . If you have any questions please feel free to ask! 2. Reproduction: You must discuss the reproductive strategies of your organism (e.g. release of gametes by a fish or hermaphroditic reproduction in earthworms), mate choice, mating displays, mate competition and mating systems. C. Structure and Function 1. Please select one organ system of your organism that you find to be particularly interesting and describe both the anatomy and physiology of that system. 2. If your organism is an animal, here are a list of the general animal organ systems D. Energy Ecology 1. If you can observe these, that is best. If not, research. 2. What are the food sources? Types? Amounts? Temporal pattern of feeding? Specific handling or processing of food items by the organism (e.g. the way a squirrel manipulates an acorn) E. Habitat 1. Where your organism lives. This does not refer to a city or state, but r.

1. Assignment Part 2: The Outline
Objective:
Organize your thoughts and the main points of your research
for your final presentation
Assignment Instructions:
To help you complete
Part 3: The Presentation,
you will first submit an outline to organize your thoughts and
main points. Your outline should be formatted a specific way
and must contain the following elements as described below.
To prepare for this assignment, I recommend that you do the
following:
· Read these directions carefully.
· Review the sample outline.
This sample is merely to show formatting; please see the
criteria for the outline below to ensure you have included all
five required sections.
The outline format
: Your outline must be formatted as described and exemplified
in the example attached. Please note that this format will be
assessed in your grade:
· Use an alphanumeric sequence
· Sections should be indented and aligned
· Follow the suggested order of the required elements

2. · Use brief but detailed and descriptive phrases.
ANIMALS:
I. The Introduction Section
A. Organism Introduction
1. The common and scientific name of your organism. Please
see this link to help with scientific names if needed:
How To Write Scientific Names
2. Where you observed your organism (country, state, park, zoo,
etc.)
3. A brief discussion on why you chose your organism
4. If possible, a picture and/or video of you safely observing
your species in the field. If not possible, search the Internet for
an image (and remember to cite your source for the image) in a
typical habitat.
II. The Body
A. Physical Description
1. You must include a brief physical description. You can use
your personal observations. If you cannot safely observe your
organism, you must research.
a. Size, Coloring, etc.
B. Life Cycle and Reproduction
1. Life Cycle: describe the life cycle of your organism. The life

3. cycle refers to the series of changes that happens from the
beginning of life as your organism develops and grows into a
mature organism. Please see here for some hints on the
Life Cycle
. If you have any questions please feel free to ask!
2. Reproduction: You must discuss the reproductive strategies
of your organism (e.g. release of gametes by a fish or
hermaphroditic reproduction in earthworms), mate choice,
mating displays, mate competition and mating systems.
C. Structure and Function
1. Please select one organ system of your organism that you
find to be particularly interesting and describe
both the anatomy and physiology
of that system.
2. If your organism is an animal, here are a list of the
general animal organ systems
D. Energy Ecology
1. If you can observe these, that is best. If not, research.
2. What are the food sources? Types? Amounts? Temporal
pattern of feeding? Specific handling or processing of food
items by the organism (e.g. the way a squirrel manipulates an
acorn)
E. Habitat
1. Where your organism lives. This does not refer to a city or
state, but rather the natural environment in which your organism
lives.

4. 2. You should consider abiotic factors, such as soil, water, etc.,
as well as biotic factors, such as predators, hosts, etc.
III. The Conclusion Section
A. This section should contain four to six points that sum up the
main points from the body of the outline.
B. Start your conclusive section with one sentence summarizing
some basic information about your chosen organism (name and
geographical distribution).
C. Continue with a brief summary (1-2 sentences) about the life
cycle and any particular body structures.
D. Include a brief summary (1-2 sentences) about the ecological
role of your chosen organism in its ecosystem.
E. Wrap up the conclusive section with a closing note that
provides brief information about a unique fact and/or behavior
of your chosen organism.
IV. The Reference Section:
A.
This is not just the reference page; rather, referencing should
occur throughout the outline as it will in your presentation
. Therefore, your outline should include both a separate
reference page containing a minimum of
five sources
listed in proper APA reference list format
AND
internal citations throughout the outline where appropriate.
Please be sure to see the resources below for assistance
regarding in-text citations and reference list formatting, and/or

5. ask me if you have any additional questions.
Please make note of the following tips and tricks:
· I understand that this is a rough draft and, as your research
and writing continue over the next few weeks, details may be
added or changed. Although you do not have to resubmit it to
me, I recommend that you update this outline to help you best
complete Part 3.
· Write your outline so that it has detailed bullets that you can
easily then flesh out into sentences for the narration of your
presentation (Part 3).
· After your outline is complete, I recommend that you next
draft your introductory and conclusion sections for your outline.
This will ensure that all the main points of the outline are
incorporated in these two framing sections of your final
presentation.
· Please note that less than 10% of your outline or presentation
(Part 3) should contain direct quotes.
· All internal citation references should be listed on the
reference page, and vice versa.
** Work which is improperly cited and referenced or lacking
either proper citations or references may not be accepted for
credit. **
Additional Resources:
· Use MS Word’s
Outline Function
. Use a MAC? Here is a video link (captioning included on the
link) that you may find useful that reviews formatting in MS
Word. (

6. Setting up APA headers in Word
).
· Also, please see the resources below at The Owl at Purdue site
for more information on how to develop an outline:
o
Types of Outlines and Samples
o
Four Main Components for Effective Outlines
o
Why and How to Create a Useful Outline
· For more information on how to format in-text citations and
references lists, the links below:
o
In-Text Citations: The Basics