BIO 169 Anatomy and Physiology II Written Assignment Format: Length: Minimum of ten pages typed, double-spaced with 1” margins. Font size: 12 pitch Font: Use one of the following fonts; Times New Roman, Georgia, Arial, or Calibri. Citations: 5 citation Must include: Name Section Citation format should be MLA or APA (http://www.faytechcc.edu/library/Virtual_Resources.asp) Alien Creation: For your BIO 169 term paper you are going to create your own alien organism. As you describe your creation you must include the following: • You must describe its native environment. • Your alien will have three organ systems in common with humans. o Discuss three organ systems covered in BIO 168 and BIO 169. Include the systems contribution to homeostasis Discuss two major organs for each of the three organ systems. • The structure and function of each organ should be covered. • Novel organs o Develop two novel organs, they can be based on ones we have discussed in class or completely imagined by you, explain how these systems contribute to the Alien’s survival. o Discuss the function of the organ systems and the organs and how the contribute to the survival of the alien in the environment. • Please feel free to be as creative as possible. Make sure you cite your sources! You will have some, I know you have completed Bio 168 and are about to complete Bio 169, but we are not experts yet! Rubric Use the following to aid you while writing your paper. This will also be used to calculate your grade. • Content (50 pts) o 50 – 40 pts Well thought out. Reflects application of critical thinking Discusses three organ systems and two major organs in those systems and how they will aid the alien in his environment. Discusses two novel organs and how they affect the alien in its environment. Pulled from a variety of sources Is accurate o 39 – 30 pts Well thought out. Has application of critical thinking that is apparent Discusses the three organ systems and two major organs in those systems and how they will aid the alien in its environment. May lack some detail. Discusses the two novel organs and how they affect the alien in its environment. May lack some detail. Has clear goal that is related to the topic Is pulled from several sources Is accurate o 29 – 20 pts Supports the topic Has application of critical thinking that is apparent Does not discuss all aspects of the three organ systems and two major organs in those systems and how they will aid the alien in its environment. Does not discuss all aspects of the two novel organs and how o 19- 0 pts Provides inconsistent information. Has no apparent application of critical thinking. Does not discuss the assigned topics. Has no clear goal Pulled from few sources • Conventions (15 pts) o 15 – 12pts No spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors High-level use of vocabulary and word choice o 11 – 8 pts Few (1 to 3) spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors Good use of vocabulary and word choice o 7 – 4 pts Minimal (3 to 5) spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors Low-level use of vocabulary and word choice o 3 – 0 pts More than 5 spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors Poor use of vocabulary and word choice Organization (15 pts) o 15 – 12 pts Information is clearly focused in an organized and thoughtful manner. o 11 – 8 pts Information is presented in an organized manner. o 7 – 4 pts Has a focus but might stray from it at times. Information appears to have a pattern, but the pattern is not consistently carried out in the project. o 3 – 0 pts Content is unfocused and haphazard. Information does not support the assignment. Information has no apparent pattern. • Other (20 pts) o 20 – 15 pts Correctly formatted. Reference citations are correct. Used the correct number of citations Correct length. Turned in on time. o 14 – 10 pts Correctly formatted. Reference citations are correct. Used the correct number of citations Correct length. Turned in on time. o 9 – 5 pts Format is incorrect. Has incorrect or limited citations. Lacking in length. Is not turned in on time. Lacked the correct number of citations o 4-0 pts Is not formatted correctly. No citations. Lacking in Length. Does not meet the prescribed length. Turned in late. Lacked the correct number of citations.