Category: Animal science

Instructions

• Review the to confirm submission requirements for your Presentation
• Instructions for how to upload your presentation with .
• Make sure you have included a References Slide with full citations of all the sources used for the presentation.

Rubric

Course Project: Presentation

Course Project: Presentation

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Presentation Format

Presentation meets formatting requirements. Length is between 10-15 slides, is highly visual (includes photos, graphs, or videos), and is narrated by the student.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Introduction

-Includes information detailing the purpose of the project including who their client is, their species of focus with the animals scientific name, and the environment where their focal animal lives.

-Provides a review of relevant information related to the behavior of their focal species to give their client ample background.

8 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Methods

-Details how the video footage was analyzed. This includes the source of their footage, a timestamp of the 5 minutes observed (for pre-recorded footage) or the time/date of the footage (for livestream footage). -Includes the number of distinct behaviors observed during the analysis and lists the behavior chosen as the focal behavior to measure along with how the behavior was measured (duration or frequency).

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Results

-Includes an ethogram that has a minimum of 5 behaviors, each with a behavioral definition, a photo illustrating the behavior, and assigned to a behavioral category.

-Includes the results of the video analysis with at least 1 graph illustrating the data.

8 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Conclusion and Applications

-Summarizes and evaluates the findings from the footage analysis including potential ultimate and proximate causes of the behaviors and how the behavior may vary given different life experiences. Includes a statement on animal welfare and applies this to provide a recommendation to the client to promote natural behavior in the animal species through an enrichment activity.

9 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

References Slide

A separate slide with a minimum of 6 scholarly sources is included in the project, cited in-text within the presentation, and included in a reference list on a final slide. All in proper APA format.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Presentation Quality

Presentation is professionally narrated, clearly organized, and aimed at a general audience, using terminology understandable to the general public.

5 pts

Total Points: 45

Animal is Giant Panda, apa citations, include in text citations, if can please include a detailed script for the slides

Instructions

• Review the to confirm submission requirements for your Presentation
• Instructions for how to upload your presentation with .
• Make sure you have included a References Slide with full citations of all the sources used for the presentation.

Rubric

Course Project: Presentation

Course Project: Presentation

CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Presentation Format

Presentation meets formatting requirements. Length is between 10-15 slides, is highly visual (includes photos, graphs, or videos), and is narrated by the student.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Introduction

-Includes information detailing the purpose of the project including who their client is, their species of focus with the animals scientific name, and the environment where their focal animal lives.

-Provides a review of relevant information related to the behavior of their focal species to give their client ample background.

8 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Methods

-Details how the video footage was analyzed. This includes the source of their footage, a timestamp of the 5 minutes observed (for pre-recorded footage) or the time/date of the footage (for livestream footage). -Includes the number of distinct behaviors observed during the analysis and lists the behavior chosen as the focal behavior to measure along with how the behavior was measured (duration or frequency).

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Results

-Includes an ethogram that has a minimum of 5 behaviors, each with a behavioral definition, a photo illustrating the behavior, and assigned to a behavioral category.

-Includes the results of the video analysis with at least 1 graph illustrating the data.

8 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Conclusion and Applications

-Summarizes and evaluates the findings from the footage analysis including potential ultimate and proximate causes of the behaviors and how the behavior may vary given different life experiences. Includes a statement on animal welfare and applies this to provide a recommendation to the client to promote natural behavior in the animal species through an enrichment activity.

9 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

References Slide

A separate slide with a minimum of 6 scholarly sources is included in the project, cited in-text within the presentation, and included in a reference list on a final slide. All in proper APA format.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Presentation Quality

Presentation is professionally narrated, clearly organized, and aimed at a general audience, using terminology understandable to the general public.

5 pts

Total Points: 45

Animal is Giant Panda, apa citations, include in text citations, if can please include a detailed script for the slides

Instructions

• Review the to confirm submission requirements for your Case Report.
• Submit your Case Report document here as a .doc or .pdf file.
• Make sure you have integrated in-text citations from you learning materials and any outside credible sources you used. Include full citations in a reference list at the end of the Case Report.

Rubric

Course Project: Case Report (1)

Course Project: Case Report (1)

CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Paper Format

Case report meets formatting requirements. Length is 4-5 pages of text, in Times New Roman, 12 pt. Font, 1.5 line spacing, with 1 inch margins all around. Paper is in APA format with proper spelling and grammar.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Introduction

-Includes information detailing the purpose of the project including who their client is, their species of focus with the animals scientific name, and the environment where their focal animal lives.

-Provides a review of relevant information related to the behavior of their focal species to give their client ample background.

-Integrates relevant sources using in-text citations with full citations in the reference list at the end of the course project.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Methods

-Details how the video footage was analyzed. This includes the source of their footage, a timestamp of the 5 minutes observed (for pre-recorded footage) or the time/date of the footage (for livestream footage). -Includes the number of distinct behaviors observed during the analysis and lists the behavior chosen as the focal behavior to measure along with how the behavior was measured (duration or frequency).

-Integrates relevant sources using in-text citations with full citations in the reference list at the end of the course project.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Results

-Includes an ethogram that has a minimum of 5 behaviors, each with a behavioral definition, a photo illustrating the behavior, and assigned to a behavioral category.

-Includes the results of the video analysis with at least 1 graph illustrating the data.

-Integrates relevant sources using in-text citations with full citations in the reference list at the end of the course project.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Conclusion and Applications

-Summarizes and evaluates the findings from the footage analysis including potential ultimate and proximate causes of the behaviors and how the behavior may vary given different life experiences.-Includes a statement on animal welfare and applies this to provide a recommendation to the client to promote natural behavior in the animal species through an enrichment activity.

-Integrates relevant sources using in-text citations with full citations in the reference list at the end of the course project.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

References

A minimum of 6 scholarly sources is included in the project. All in proper APA format.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Report Quality

Case report is professionally written, clearly organized, written for a scientific audience and uses proper scientific terminology.

5 pts

Total Points: 55. APA 7th generation citations, the animal is the Giant panda

Instructions

References and Citations: Integrate in-text citations from you learning materials and any outside credible sources you used. Include full citations in a reference list at the end of the assignment.

Find either a photo or a video of an animal utilizing a primary or secondary defense. Along with the photo or video list the following information:

1. Video Link or Photo
2. Source of Video or Photo
3. Animal
4. Primary or Secondary Defense?
5. Name of Defense Strategy
6. Now that you have listed an example of a defense strategy, write a paper about the Red Queen Hypothesis. This paper does not need to focus on the same defense strategy you previously described, although it can as long as that strategy is an example of the Red Queen Hypothesis. Your paper should be between 250-500 words and include the following:
7. Evolution & Adaptation : Although animals have some amazing defenses, predators can also evolve mechanisms that counteract these defenses. Describe what is meant by the Red Queen Hypothesis and provide one example of this (either in the animal you shared above or in a different animal). How does the Red Queen Hypothesis relate to animal evolution and adaptation?
8. Connecting Concepts : Throughout this class you have learned that behavior can be complex. Some behaviors can be innate and other behaviors can be learned and impacted by life experience. End your paper with an explanation of how that animals behavior may be impacted by their (1) evolutionary history, (2) environment (such as habitat or resource distribution), and (3) life experience (such as living in captive or wild conditions). Reflect on how these 3 factors may interact to produce behavior and how behavior may increase an individuals fitness.

This assignment draws on your video lecture and your required reading on Foraging and Antipredator Behavior for this week.

This assignment provides you with experience evaluating animal behavior and connecting course concepts, an important skill for your .

Rubric

Week 5 Assignment: Animal Survival

Week 5 Assignment: Animal Survival

CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Animal Defense Information

-Shares one example of an animal defense with the relevant information including a photo or video, if it is a primary or secondary defense, and the name of the specific strategy.

-Integrates in-text citations from Learning Materials and/or credible/peer-reviewed sources and includes a full reference at the bottom of the assignment.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Paper Write-Up

-Explains, in detail, what is meant by the Red Queen Hypothesis

-Provides an example, and details its significance in animal evolution.

-Thoroughly connects the concepts of how evolution, environment, and life experience impact animal behavior and fitness.

-Integrates in-text citations from Learning Materials and/or credible/peer-reviewed sources and includes a full reference at the bottom of the assignment.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Formatting

Formats per instructions

2 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Clarity of Communication

Clearly communicates written and/or spoken ideas using grammar, spelling, and terminology effective for the discipline and target audience

3 pts

Total Points: 20

APA 7th generation citations

Instructions

References and Citations: Integrate in-text citations from you learning materials and any outside credible sources you used. Include full citations in a reference list at the end of the assignment.

Find either a photo or a video of an animal utilizing a primary or secondary defense. Along with the photo or video list the following information:

1. Video Link or Photo
2. Source of Video or Photo
3. Animal
4. Primary or Secondary Defense?
5. Name of Defense Strategy
6. Now that you have listed an example of a defense strategy, write a paper about the Red Queen Hypothesis. This paper does not need to focus on the same defense strategy you previously described, although it can as long as that strategy is an example of the Red Queen Hypothesis. Your paper should be between 250-500 words and include the following:
7. Evolution & Adaptation : Although animals have some amazing defenses, predators can also evolve mechanisms that counteract these defenses. Describe what is meant by the Red Queen Hypothesis and provide one example of this (either in the animal you shared above or in a different animal). How does the Red Queen Hypothesis relate to animal evolution and adaptation?
8. Connecting Concepts : Throughout this class you have learned that behavior can be complex. Some behaviors can be innate and other behaviors can be learned and impacted by life experience. End your paper with an explanation of how that animals behavior may be impacted by their (1) evolutionary history, (2) environment (such as habitat or resource distribution), and (3) life experience (such as living in captive or wild conditions). Reflect on how these 3 factors may interact to produce behavior and how behavior may increase an individuals fitness.

This assignment draws on your video lecture and your required reading on Foraging and Antipredator Behavior for this week.

This assignment provides you with experience evaluating animal behavior and connecting course concepts, an important skill for your .

Rubric

Week 5 Assignment: Animal Survival

Week 5 Assignment: Animal Survival

CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Animal Defense Information

-Shares one example of an animal defense with the relevant information including a photo or video, if it is a primary or secondary defense, and the name of the specific strategy.

-Integrates in-text citations from Learning Materials and/or credible/peer-reviewed sources and includes a full reference at the bottom of the assignment.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Paper Write-Up

-Explains, in detail, what is meant by the Red Queen Hypothesis

-Provides an example, and details its significance in animal evolution.

-Thoroughly connects the concepts of how evolution, environment, and life experience impact animal behavior and fitness.

-Integrates in-text citations from Learning Materials and/or credible/peer-reviewed sources and includes a full reference at the bottom of the assignment.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Formatting

Formats per instructions

2 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Clarity of Communication

Clearly communicates written and/or spoken ideas using grammar, spelling, and terminology effective for the discipline and target audience

3 pts

Total Points: 20

APA 7th generation citations

Overview

Animal welfare can be defined in different ways. Anyone working with captive or wild animals should have a clear understanding of the concept and how to promote animal welfare.

Instructions

References and Citations: Integrate in-text citations from your learning materials and any outside credible sources you used. Include full citations in a reference list at the end of the assignment.

• Refer to the for this week and locate one additional scholarly source on animal welfare. Then draft a definition of animal welfare in your own words. Attempt to write a holistic definition of animal welfare that considers biological functioning, affective states, and promotes natural behavior.
• After drafting your definition identify possible types of enrichment for the animal species you are focusing on for your course project. Include one possible example of each type of the 5 types of enrichment (sensory, feeding, social, cognitive/manipulative, and physical enrichment). Remember some enrichment items may cross into more than one category. You may note if this is the case, but still provide 5 total types of enrichment.
• End with a reflection on how the enrichment items you picked may help promote animal welfare given the definition you provided.
• This assignment draws on learning material from your Animal Welfare and Enrichment lecture and the Fraser & Weary reading.
• This assignment will have you draft your animal welfare statement and locate possible types of enrichment for your .

Rubric

Week 4 Assignment 1: Animal Welfare Statement

Week 4 Assignment 1: Animal Welfare Statement

CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Animal Welfare Statement

-Defines animal welfare in own words.

-Integrates in-text citations from Learning Materials and/or credible/peer-reviewed sources and includes a full reference at the bottom of the assignment.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Enrichment Examples

-Includes a minimum of 5 examples of enrichment, one example for each of the types of enrichment (sensory, feeding, social, cognitive/manipulative, and physical enrichment).

-Integrates in-text citations from Learning Materials and/or credible/peer-reviewed sources and includes a full reference at the bottom of the assignment.

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Reflection

-Details how the enrichment items picked may help promote animal welfare given the definition you provided.

-Integrates in-text citations from Learning Materials and/or credible/peer-reviewed sources and includes a full reference at the bottom of the assignment.

5 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Sources

Provides one additional scholarly source

3 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Clarity of Communication

Clearly communicates written and/or spoken ideas using grammar, spelling, and terminology effective for the discipline and target audience

2 pts

Total Points: 25 the animal is a Giant Panda, citations in APA format

Answer to questions are the larger bold sentences

could you please write an short heartfelt essay for an internship opportunity at zoo atlanta and answer the following questions : why i want to be in the volunteer program which is because i love and respect all animals, how my career goal which is to be an entrepreneur and open my own wildlife conservation/rehabilitation center and how the program would support my goals and lastly why conservation is important; which i think is because every being on earth deserve respect and care and everyone should be educated about our earth because if they arent they dont know all the beauty nature holds