Kingdoms of Life Project

For the Kingdoms of Life unit of biology, you will be creating a book about the kingdoms of life. Your book should be detailed, well thought-out, and colorful. You should design it to be read by high school students. Your book will have sections showing the following kingdoms of life; viruses, bacteria (archaebacteria & eubacteria), protists (animal-like & plant-like), fungi, plants and animals. Your book will have a cover, illustrations, diagrams and easy to read information on each kingdom. Each section, or kingdom, will describe what the organisms are like in each kingdom and what makes them unique, how those organisms reproduce and other special information. What is required for each section is listed below.

You will have until May 16th to complete your book (this is the week before the EOCT). This book will be your own design so feel free to arrange the pages any way you like. However, each page must contain specific information to be counted for full credit. Below is a list of requirements for each page or section.

Cover Page

  • Title (SixKingdoms, Kingdoms of Life, SixKingdoms of Life or something similar)
  • Author (By: Your Name)
  • A picture that shows organisms from the kingdoms of life.

Page 1 – Viruses

  • A diagram of a virus
  • A description of what a virus is
  • A description of how viruses reproduce
  • Examples of diseases caused by viruses

Page 2 – Bacteria

  • A diagram or picture of bacteria
  • A description of what bacteria is and the two types of bacteria (archaebacteria and eubacteria)
  • A description of how bacteria reproduce
  • Examples of diseases caused by bacteria

Page 3 – Protists

  • A diagram of a protist (it can be plant-like or animal-like)
  • A description of what a protist is and explain the difference between plaint-like and animal-like protists
  • A description about how protists move
  • A description of how protists reproduce

Page 4 – Fungi

  • A drawing or diagram of different fungi
  • An explanation of what fungi are and how they grow.
  • Descriptions of different types of fungi. (molds, mushrooms, lichens)
  • A description of how fungi reproduce

Page 5 – Plants (general information)

  • Diagrams of different plant parts. (leaf, root, stem)
  • A basic description of a plant. (what makes a plant a plant)
  • A description of non-vascular plants
  • A description of vascular plants
  • An explanation of why plants are important to out biosphere. (food, oxygen, etc.

Page 6 – Plants (reproduction)

  • A description of how non-seed plants reproduce (spores)
  • A description of how conifers reproduce
  • A description of how flowering plants reproduce
  • Explanationof how fruit helps plants reproduce and spread their offspring.

Page 8 – Animals (general information)

  • A diagram of an animal cell
  • A description of what an animal is (how are animals different from other forms of life)
  • An explanation of how animals get their food
  • Describe how animals reproduce

Page 9 – Simple Animals (sponges, jellyfish, mollusks)

  • Drawings of different simple animals
  • Descriptions of the different types of simple animals. (sponges, jellyfish, mollusks)
  • A description of how each of the above gets its food

Page 10 – Arthropods (insects, spiders, and shellfish)

  • Drawings of different arthropods
  • Descriptions of the different types of simple arthropods. (insects, spiders, shellfish)
  • A description of how each of the above gets its food

Page 11 – Amphibians and Reptiles

  • Drawings of different amphibians and reptiles
  • A description of amphibians (How are amphibians different from other animals?)
  • A description of reptiles (How are reptiles different from other animals?)
  • A description of how each of the above gets its food

Page 12 – Fish

  • Drawings of different fish
  • A description of what a fish is. (How are fish different from other animals?)
  • A description of how fish get their food.

Page 13 – Birds

  • Drawings of different birds
  • A description of what a bird is. (How are birds different from other animals?)
  • A description of how each of the above gets its food

Page 14 – Mammals

  • Drawings of different mammals
  • A description of what a mammal is. (How are mammals different from other animals?)
  • An explanation of the difference between carnivores, omnivores and herbivores.

By: Mr. Walstead

A virus is NON-LIVING. It is genetic material (DNA or RNA) surrounded by proteins or lipids called a capsid.

Viruses reproduce by attaching to a living cell, injecting their genetic material and having that cell create more viruses from information coded in the viral DNA (called a pro-virus). The newly made viruses then burst from the cell breaking through the cell membrane thereby killing the cell.

Viral Diseases:

Common Cold

Influenza

AIDS

Herpes

Measles

Rabies

Hepatitis

Small Pox

Mumps