11/7-11/11           Agenda and Assignments

Monday	-Coacervate Formation Lab questions due today! Some Coacervate pictures from lab!   Thank you Aidan and Emily!! -Begin lab: Evolution of Plants -Notes for Lab -Phylogenetic Tree (Tree of Life) HW Stuck in Cement! Due on Wednesday, 11/9 Evolution of Land Plants!!
Tuesday	No School - Election Day!
Wednesday	-Evolution of Plants Lab -Walk through lab and the stations (expectations) -Lesson on how to draw sketches from images under the microscope -Complete at least 2 stations today http://www.slideshare.net/cldrumm/bio-drawings HW None
Thursday	No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Friday	No School - Veteran's Day

Please watch the above podcast and refer to your notes.  The information can help further your understanding of the lab we are working on in class: Evidence of Plant Evolution: Form Fits Function .

Write a 2-3 paragraph (6-8 sentences) response to the following task: Please be creative and thoughtful in your writing.

You can type your work or write this creative story on loose leaf paper

Your task: You need to find a way to survive with your feet permanently anchored in cement?

You Can't:                                                      

• Hide from predators                                 
• Seek a mate
• Walk to water or food
• Change your habitat

You Have to:

• Get necessary nutrients
• Get water and oxygen
• Reproduce (your mate may be a mile away)
• Deal with changes in your environment (i.e. dry, wet, hot, cold, dark, light etc..)