Learning Exercise

Tree of Life Report/Presentation

Individual or group project. Have students browse the website. Depending on what topic is being covered in class, choose a 'life' on the tree and have students choose one area of interest to write a report on and give a class presentation. Students may use other websites for additional information. Report and presentation should include at least five interesting facts, characteristics, and one fun fact. The group (or individual) must also provide three questions from their report to be distributed to the class.

Course: Biology

Material:: Tree of Life
Date last modified:: November 23, 2004
Created by:: Bethany Melroe
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Tree of Life

As descibed at the site, "The Tree of Life is a project containing information about the diversity of organisms on... see more

Material Type:: Tutorial
Author:: David Maddison, University of Arizona; Wayne Maddison, University of Arizona; Katja Schulz, University of Arizona
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Students will be able to: 1) learn more about the diversity of organisms 2) research a topic on the web 3) practice presentation skills