Organism Care Plan
Recitation Media Piece
Organism Care Plan Objective:
Develop an organism care plan that includes the basic principles of animal care, including addressing limited resources and continual threats.
Recitation (the 50-minute activity) attendance is not required, but you are welcome to use that class time as office hours to ask your GTA questions, or study with classmates in 127 Weniger.
Background for this assignment.
The first webpage of the Organism Care Guide introduces the basic needs to consider while completing this media piece.
Assignment (due Sunday on Canvas)
Organism Care Plan
Select an organism (typically plant or animal) that you would potentially take care of over an extended period of time. This could be a potted plant, a plant in a garden, livestock, a companion animal, a wild population you are assisting, a wild organism that is being rehabilitated.
Develop a long-term care plan for the organism, it can be in bulleted checklist or paragraph form. Include in your plan:
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How you will address potentially limited resources like food, water, and housing.
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How you will address continued threats like diseases or potential predators/herbivores (if any)
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Whether care will need to be adjusted for different life stages, for example, an aging organism.
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How you will stay consistent with care over time as your life changes.
Upload your plan to Canvas when it is completed. This could be used in the final portfolio as an example of biology concepts (limited resources & continual threats) applied to animal care.
Media Directions
Submitted to Canvas.
Upload your field observations to Canvas. Your list can be submitted as a PDF, a word document, a photo of the notes, or even a video. Multiple assignment formats are supported.
