pope Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 You're younger looking than I thought you would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirp Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Divide into research teams. You have been handed a bag of various fasteners (nails, staples, screws, etc.) As renowned taxonimists, you are to develop a classification scheme that meets the established rules of the Linnaean system. Be prepared to defend your classification scheme orally. You will also write a one page essay on your classification choices--what roles did form, function, derived characters, and ancestral traits play in your classification scheme? Â Tasks: Â 1. Make a phylogenetic chart of your classification scheme (as shown on this handout) using the poster paper, tape, and objects. Include all of the categories from phylum to species. What rationale (s) did you use to for each category and what criteria did you use to differentiate among categories? Did you rely more on "form" or "function?" Or derived and ancestral traits? Provide descriptive names for each category from phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. Apply names that best describe each object and their heirachical location in your classification scheme. Â 2. What are some of the difficulties and differences between classifying inanimate objects and living organisms? Is it easier or more difficult to classify living or inanimate objects? Why? If you knew nothing about each object's function, would that have made a difference in your classification scheme? Â 3-Does your classification scheme reflect the evolutionary relationships and phylogeny among taxa? Who evolved from whom? Which "body type" do you consider to be the most primitive? The most advanced? Be sure to include evolutionary relationships in your essay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 I'd recognize DFA anywhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 Ironically, last time I was down at the "climbing" gym, more than a handful of the patrons were sporting glasses with that nerdy 1950's retro appeal. I like what Frank said about the retro craze: Â It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice--there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. When you compute the length of time between THE EVENT and THE NOSTALGIA FOR THE EVENT, the span seems to be about a year less in each cycle. Eventually within the next quarter of a century, the nostalgia cycles will be so close together that people will not be able to take a step without being nostalgic for the one they just took. At that point, everything stops. Death by Nostalgia. Â FZ (The Real Frank Zappa Book) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Schuldt Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Dwayner loves bolts, why don't you ask him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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