Reflection

I feel that the PT is a tiring process but it helps us to think creatively. Our group constantly discussed online and we posted our force-fitting mind-maps in a Google document. We helped one another to think of adaptations for force-fitting. Also, after we have finished with our first draft of the force-fitting, we commented on one another's work to improve on everyone's work. Thereafter, one of my group members, Sarah and I met up and worked on our video. I was in charge of the powerpoint presentation and sarah editing the two videos. Creating the PowerPoint slides with animations was no mean feat and it took a lot of time. However, after finishing the PowerPoint, I felt very proud of my work. Most importantly, the PT made me research and think out of the box.

Final Work

Front view	Back view
Side view (right)	Side view (left)

Adaptations that enable the organism fulfill its role effectively in the food chain: [My organism has big and sharp claws to rip its prey and eat it, and also to defend itself. Moreover, it has a useful and unique hunting method. It has a special sticky substance which smells like the producer to attract the primary consumer. When the primary consumer is trapped, the secondary consumer will be attracted by it and gets trapped in the sticky substance as well. It also has its eyes positioned in different angles so that it can see in almost all direction. This helps it notice its prey or predator faster, not when too late. My organism plays its role effectively in the food chain as a tertiary consumer as it hunts primary and secondary consumer effectively.]

Adaptations that enable the organism to survive successfully in its habitat: [My organism has thick layer of blubber to keep it warm in the cold and harsh weather of the habitat. It also has creased lines on its body to increase friction between its body and the slippery ice. Its body colour is white so that it can camouflage well into the white snow. It has a unique and useful hunting method. A sticky substance which smells like the producer oozes out from its tail and the primary consumer will be attracted to the smell. When it gets near enough to touch the substance, it is trapped in the sticky substance. After that, the secondary consumer will come hunting for food, the primary consumer and when it gets near enough to the substance, it also will not be able to free itself from the substance. Then, my organism will come and eat both up with its big and sharp claws. By this method, my organism can hunt for food much easily. Furthermore, to protect itself, it has a sharp point shooting out of its mouth to inject a poisonous substance into a predator’s body. The fact that it has long body will also help in digesting any poison just like a snake does. Also, its rock hard body prevents preys or predators from hurting its body. Its eyes are positioned in different angles, to enable it to notice prey or predator easily. This helps it to react faster, hiding from its prey or predator, increasing its chance of survival.]

Adaptations

Adaptive feature 1 Eyes positioned at different angles	Adaptive feature 2 Creased lines on its body
Adaptive feature 3 Big and sharp claws	Adaptive feature 4 A sharp point in the mouth
Adaptive feature 5 Tail	Adaptive Feature 6 Rock hard body
How do the features help the organism survive? Adaptive Feature 1: The eyes positioned at different angles help it see in almost all directions, enabling it to look out for its preys or predators. Adaptive Feature 2: The creased lines on its body prevents it from slipping on the slippery ice and snow. Adaptive Feature 3: The big and sharp claws help to tear the prey's flesh easily. Also, it is a defensive weapon against predators. Adaptive Feature 4: The sharp point in the mouth shoots out and injects a poisonous substance into a predator's body as a defensive action.	Adaptive Feature 5: The tail makes a clicking sound whenever the sharp point in the mouth comes out. This is to attract mates. Furthermore, a sticky substance which smells like the producer comes out and attracts the primary consumer. When it touches the substance, it will get stuck in the it. The secondary consumer will come near to hunt the primary consumer for food and when it gets near enough, it ends up in the same sticky end. Adaptive Feature 6: The rock hard body prevents prey or predator from hurting its body.

Process of making the organism

Materials

• newspapers
• masking tape
• scissors
• 1.5L water bottle

Steps

1. Wrap newspaper around the 1.5L water bottle. 
2. Shape the face with newspaper and masking tape.
3. Shape the long tail with newspaper and masking tape.
4. Shape the legs with newspaper and masking tape.
5. Shape the feet with the claws and attach them to the legs.
6. Fold a piece of newspaper into many lines and attach it on the body.
7. Use a marker and draw the eyes.
8. Finished!

Sketches of my organisms

A sketch of my organism

The inside of my organism

Food Web & Food chains

Food chains

Food web

Producers : Yi Yin, Bo Hui

Decomposer: Conghui
Primary Consumer: Hong Yee
Secondary Consumer: Sarah
Tertiary Consumer :  Ji Won

Draft 3

Draft 2

Comments:

Hong Yee: Ji Won, i think the part about the long body thingy a bit wrong. The long body does not digest poison, its smth in the body that digests poison. The long body part is too vague.The part of the black skin thingy should say how the blackskin keeps it warm, not just saying that the black skin will keep it warm. N i think you should add in more adaptations. a bit too little.
Sarah: What about defence mechanisms?
Yi Yin: I think ur organism still looks alot like a pen. Never really change alot.
Conghui: i think the camouflage part should be white in colour cos tundra biome is very cold so there should be a lot of snow unless that organisms lives only in dark places
Bohui: I think that rather than having a skin that traps air, you could have a thick layer of fur to trap air, and the skin can be filled with fats to keep the organism warm.

Draft 1

Comments

     Sarah: Won't the clicking sound attract predators?

Hong Yee: You should add more adaptations.

Yi Yin: But if it is black then it would be like a patch against white backgroud. Very easy to attract predators right?

conghui: but as there is the clicking sound, wont poison also come out since the sharp point with poison has came out?

Online Discussion

Since the Tundra Biome has a very cold atmosphere, we need adaptations of the organisms for the cold climate.

Hong Yee: The organisms must have outer-covering, for example warm furs or blubber.

Hong Yee: Conghui wat is your organism? Like wat is ur progress?

Ji Won: I suggest an organism to be hibernating in the summer--> Hong Yee

Hong Yee: yup i am hibernating

Sarah: let’s discuss outer covering

Hong Yee: i have fats n fur

Yi Yin: I have prickly stuff

Hong Yee: Bo Hui?

Bohui: I have ‘fur’ on my organism too

Sarah: Its cold, why pricky stuff?

Hong Yee: cus prickly stuff so lose less heat

Yi Yin: thats why i asked u all to look at my organism for me. Then you all never answer

hibernating in summer???

Bohui: I think should be hibernating in the winter. then in the summer the consumers can 

gather all the food they need and store it lor. Plus the summer is super short only 1-2 months 

only.

Sarah: I will be wool lor.

Ji Won: Then I will have the heating liquid

Yi YIn: So i wat?

Hong Yee: Yiyin ucan remain the prickly stuff

Bohui: Yea

What can a decomposer be?

Bohui: Decomposer needs to decompose the producers, so it can like grow on the producers lor

Yi YIn: So my organism is okay rite?

Bohui: Your organism is ok

Sarah: We need to discuss the habitat now, like tree? ground?

Hong Yee: should be ground, cus the plants everything lives on ground

Yi YIn: there are no trees there

Ji Won: Yi Yin can be floating on water.

Sarah: So like mangrove?

Yi Yin: that’s only in summer becuz the water will be frozen wat

Ji Won: In the winter also because you will be stuck in between the ice.

Yi Yin: then my roots is in the water?

Hong Yee: If im not wrong in winter there is a bit of water in the ground, so the plants roots should be       very shallow

Sarah: like a bug skate.

Ji Won: @Sarah, who?

Yi Yin: i am a plant, how to skate???? :O

Yi Yin: @ Hong Yee So my roots short one lah?

Hong Yee: yup, have to be

Yi Yin: ok, so roots in the water?

Conghui: so my organism would need something to decompose you’ll when you’ll are dead 

 right? oh and my decomposer can only survive in high temperature, it that ok? what i mean
is that it must be in cold temperature to survive

Hong Yee: no tats not true cong hui. Cus its tundra biome, so very cold, so your organism 

must have some kind of adaptation to keep warm

Hong Yee: @ Cong hui, u can decompose anything, as long its dead

Yi Yin: Can meh? I thought miss tok say must be able to happen one. U ask miss tok lah

Hong Yee: yeah

Ji Won: Sarah, what can you say about that? Must it be realistic?

Sarah: I can see not everyone in this grp is participating in this discussion

Ji Won: Everyone, please put in your opinions:D

Ji Won: I shall summarise it.

Yi Yin: yah so?

Sarah: we need to give the organisms a name. Leggo!

Hong Yee: my organism wat name ah? I think ms tok say nid in latin

Yi Yin: The name can give later wat....

Sarah: Just think the name just 'copy' from other organisms

Hong Yee: no dun copy. just google translate

Ji Won: For Yi Yin, she is a plant and then she is

Yi Yin: Ji Won, u always dun finish ur sentence :(

Conghui: its so damn hard to find decomposers kayyyyy

Sarah: @conghui, mushroom? Fungi?!!!!!!!!!

Conghui: u go search la.... so little info

Hong Yee: Conghui so when u can finish?

Yi Yin: Ji Won, i need help

Hong Yee: hey guys i think we should concentrate on 1 thing first u noe, cus its VERY messy 

now

Yi Yin: Organisms

Hong Yee: lets say the most basic one. Habitat?

Ji Won: Habitat, is dependent on the climate of the Tundra Biome

Yi Yin: Talk about habitat, then got habitat already then can say about the organisms. We 

didn’t do that at first. SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO REDO!

Hong Yee: but its just one part of the tundra biome

Ji Won: it’s okay, then we can like make the habitat to be land & water both:D

Ji Won: like bohui is water plant right? or yiyin.. hey yi yin or hongyee! Do you remember 

what we have discussed last time?

Bohui: mine is not water plant.

To summarise,

My group consists of 6 members, Sarah Foo, Guo Bohui, Lee Hong Yee, Liu Conghui, Chow Yi Yin 

and myself. As we did not have time to meet up for a discussion, we constantly did discussions online.

First, we considered the factors of the Tundra Biome in Planet Zork. Thereafter, we did our force fitting using an object and posted it on a Google document that one of our group members created. Then, we all commented on each other’s force fitting and we amended it. We also discussed on how we could improve and accommodate our special features such that our food chain could flow. We also considered the features of each other’s organism and see what the possibilities were for our features.

Furthermore, we continued to see what features were suitable to protect itself from the surrounding temperature and climate. Then, we continued with our second and third drafts. We commented and finally arrived at our final product, our organisms.