Aliens from Space Take out a separate sheet of paper Title My Crashland on Earth Given the traits choose which traits you want for your alien self Write down your alien name and ID: 469490
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Could you survive a strange new environment?
Aliens from SpaceSlide2
Take out a separate sheet of paper. Title “My Crash-land on Earth”
Given the traits, choose which traits you want for your “alien self.”
Write down your ‘alien name’ and genotype and phenotype using the trait key.
Create your ‘alien self’
Trait
Dominant
Recessive
Body Hair
Thick –
short (T)
Bald (t)
Skin
color
Blue (B)
Yellow (b)
Wings
No wings (W)
Wings (w)
Eyes
3
eyes on front of face (E)
1
eye (e)Slide3
Aliens with birthdays Jan – April land in the Amazon (South America)
Characteristics:
Hot/HumidVery diverse, (lots of plants and animals)Rains everydayVery tall trees with little sunlightAliens with birthdays May – August land in the North ArcticCharacteristics:
Very cold and dryVery little diversity with no trees and short little plants on the ground
Rocky or frozen ground
Long days. Long nights.Aliens with birthdays Sept – December land in the Sahara Desert (Africa)Characteristics:Very hot and dryLittle rainShort plants, few animalsLots of sand and sun.
You have crash landed on Earth! Slide4
Using your knowledge of
the
environment you landed in, list things you will do to survive (using ONLY the traits you choose)What
will you eat?Where will you
live?
How will you protect yourself from predators?Which traits do you have that do not help in your environment?
Your EnvironmentSlide5
Create a chart to keep up with the population of your Alien people for the environment.
Population Count
Environments
Original Population
of Aliens
Population
of Aliens survived
year 1Amazon Rain Forest
N.A. Tundra
Sahara
DesertSlide6
Construct a graph that describes your data population chart
.
ex:Analysis - Construct a GraphSlide7
“Mother Nature” (me) will take course. Answer the following questions for each generation.
Discussion questions
:What traits led to the death of individuals in your environment? Why?What traits led to the survival of individuals? Why?
“Death” comes a knocking!Slide8
What were some of the environmental pressures or limited resources that caused some of you to die?
Which traits helped others to live?
Could you have survived in a different environment? Why?How do you think the alien population would look in 100 or 1000 years?
Conclusion questions: