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 **Introduction:**Whether an organism is bird or bee, fish or lizard, octopus or clam, it has problems to solve if it is to survive. Plants and animals both have to obtain nutrients often from each other. Sea slugs, sea urchins and seaweed all have to release waste and gasses. Bactrian camels (they’re the one with two humps) and streptococcus bacteria need to take in water and salts. Every organism has a niche. During this project you will be creating a Wikipedia presenting the diversity of life and how all of the ANIMAL PHYLA solve life’s puzzles. **The assignment:**
 * The ANIMAL PHYLA Wiki Project AP Biology - 1718 **
 * Each of you will be assigned a particular organism.
 * For your **initial page setup**, you will use the **textbook as your only source** and prepare the page for the taxon including basic information about each “topic” (see list of “Topics” below). Use the textbook table of contents and index to explore Topics related to your organism’s taxonomic group (you probably will find very little, if anything, in your textbook about your exact species).
 * You should simplify the language so that a 10th grader can understand it.
 * You will then edit other students’ pages using the internet as your source and they will edit yours.
 * Each of you will be required to supply one edit per page.
 * These edits should add information from internet sources and supply the links.
 * Five of your edits can be picture additions to a page (no more than one per page).
 * Five more of your edits can be review questions (up to one per page).
 * These edits will be done in two cycles of 12 edits each
 * During this process of entering information and editing, I will able to monitor your work by checking the history for the wiki.
 * You will also be able to easily email me and each other.
 * <span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">While anyone can view these pages, only students in this course have permission to write or edit on this wiki.
 * <span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">When you first visit the site you will have to register and request permission to join.
 * <span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Be sure to closely examine the rubric before beginning.