07 Jul Milestone Assignment 3: Digging on BioDiversity Podcast Script

Step 1

Review the requirements for this podcast script.

In this assignment, you will explain the roles of DNA, inheritance, evolution, and biodiversity in our environment in a written podcast script containing two segments. The podcast script requirements are listed here:

• Podcast Segment 1 Title: Garden Variety Inheritance
  • Take this segment “outside,” as you walk through an imaginary vegetable garden. This will provide the backdrop for a conversation about the Punnett square and its ability to determine inheritance. Use examples from a garden to predict the development of your future vegetable crop.
  • Examine a plant in your garden that is exhibiting signs of infection. Break down the reproductive cycle of an RNA virus, most common for plant species, using step-by-step analysis. Close with a few helpful tips on how listeners can guard their plants from infection.
  • Perform an on-air experiment to determine if you are colorblind. Provide your listeners with the parent genotypes in your Punnett square so that they can follow along. This experiment will allow you the opportunity to discuss sex-linked genes and their ability to pass down family traits. Be sure to explain what the sex chromosomes are.
• Podcast Segment 2 Title: It’s a Big, Bio-Diverse World Out There
  • Define evolutionary adaptation and provide the most interesting examples you can find to help engage the listeners.
  • Outline the process of natural selection. Begin with a brief history of Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. Then provide examples of natural selection that we see every day, such as insect populations that have grown resistant to certain pesticides.
  • Depict a scenario in which a biologist for the Smithsonian Institution is assembling a new leopard exhibit. Take this opportunity to explain the phylogenetic tree and how it enables you to track the evolutionary history of a given species.

Step 2

Write a two-segment podcast script.

In a 1000-1500 word document, write a two-segment podcast script that meets the topical requirements listed in Step 1. Format your script in the following manner:

• All podcast segments should be contained in a single document.
• Label each podcast segment with the podcast segment title provided in the script requirements.
• At the end of the script, cite the sources you used in APA style (explore the website for examples). This information will not count toward your final page count total.
• Use clear, concise sentences.
• Use language intended for a listener as opposed to a reader. Include language that helps your audience follow along, such as “I want to talk more in depth about.”
• Relate the material back to your personal experience, when possible.
• Read the script out loud to yourself before finalizing it.

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