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 Purdue OWL (Links to an external site.) 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.
Rubric:
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.
Mapped Outcomes: Describe the diversity of life.
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.
Mapped Outcomes: Explain the flow
of genetic information from DNA,
through RNA, to protein.
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. Mapped
Outcomes: Describe the structure of the human genome. Mapped Outcomes:
Analyze the structure of the DNA molecule in relation to its function
of information storage. Mapped Outcomes: Analyze different patterns of
genetic inheritance. Mapped Outcomes: Analyze the inheritance of
genetic disorders.
Define evolutionary adaptation and
provide the most interesting examples
you can find to help engage the
listeners.
Mapped Outcomes: Summarize
evidence that supports evolutionary
theory.
Mapped Outcomes: Analyze the
relationship between biodiversity and
evolution
Outline the process of natural
selection. Begin with a brief history of
6Darwin’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. Mapped
Outcomes: Explain control of genetic expression. Mapped Outcomes:
Explain the mechanisms of evolution.
Define and explain the phylogenetic
tree and how it enables you to track
the evolutionary history of a given
species. Use a species of your choice
as an example in your explanation.
Mapped Outcomes: Summarize
evidence that supports evolutionary
theory.
Mapped Outcomes: Explain how units
of biodiversity are classified.
Mapped Outcomes: Explain how
biodiversity is gained and lost.
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