An elevator speech is an excellent way to convey your skills while networking and seeking employment. Typically, an elevator speech is a one-minute summary of who you are, why you are qualified, and what you have to offer the organization or industry. A brief sales pitch will ensure that you are prepared to discuss your career goals whenever the opportunity presents itself. Some examples of where you could use your elevator speech are at a networking event, during a job interview, or in a social setting.  

Watch The Elevator Pitch video and design a one minute sales pitch that is tailored toward your chosen career path. To get started, refer to the career goal you created in Week Two. It is recommended that you utilize one of the following voice recording options to hear your elevator speech and share it with your classmates.  

• Voki
• iTalk
• PowerPoint
• YouTube
• Audio Recording on Smartphone

Once you have completed your recording, share your pitch with the class by attaching your Audio file or copying and pasting the link of your recording into the body of your initial post. 

1. In a browser navigate to the Android Developers site “Building Your First App“
2. Right-click/Translate the page to English (you may have to do this for every page)
3. Complete “Building a Simple User Interface” and “Starting Another Activity” in Android Studio — you can reuse your project from Week 1
4. Do not just do the steps, read the pages — this content provides valuable information about how Android Studio works
5. When you create a new project, make sure you note where the project is stored
6. You can skip the command line steps, but they are good to know
7. Edit the Gradle Scripts/build.grade (Module: app) file by changing the minSdkVersion to 21
8. You will be prompted to do a Project sync; click the “Sync Now” link
9. Open the Gradle Console (bottom right)
10. After the sync completes (you’ll see ‘Build Successful’ in Gradle Console), select Build/Rebuild
11. Select Run/Run ‘app’ to test your application
12. After you have completed the tutorials, find the main project folderapp subfolder
13. Make a new folder and in the new folder and
1. Name the folder for your last name and assignment
2. Add the src folder from your project
3. Add the buildoutputsapkapp-debug.apk file (this is your project executable file)
4. Zip the folder
14. Attach the zip file to this assignment’s link

Lab: History of Life Lab

In this lab, you are required to create a project. A few suggestions are listed below, but make sure that you are within the realm of the project. Be sure to include all aspects as explained in the lab.

• Poster
• Slideshow presentation
• Webpage
• Recorded speech

Introduction:

We divide fossils into body fossils and trace fossils (also known as ichnofossils). A body fossil is a part of, or in some cases the entire, body of a creature. In rare cases, the organic material of the creature remains in the fossil, although more often we get casts and molds that reveal the external and internal structure of the organism. Trace fossils do not reveal much information about the anatomy of the creatures that made them, but instead offer glimpses of the activity and physiology of the creature.

There are several types of body fossils, and the mode of preservation of the organism’s original material is what differentiates them. Compressions form when the overlying sediment “compresses” the organism into a flat layer, which results in some of the original organic material of the creature being preserved, often as thin carbonaceous films. However, many times the organic material is further decayed, leaving only a “part and counterpart” detailing of the creature’s external form. Casts and molds are a type of preservation where the original material decays, leaving a mold in the surrounding rock that can be filled with other sediment forming a cast. Casts can be external or internal; the latter is known as steinkerns. Petrification occurs when organic matter is replaced with silica and literally turns to stone. Petrified wood also forms by this process.

Objectives:

1. Learn about the different types of fossils.
2. Select and study a group of organisms in depth.
3. Prepare a virtual poster session to be shared with your classmates detailing the biology and evolution of the group of fossils you have chosen. An alternate to this activity is to prepare a poster of a particular period or epoch of geologic time.

Time Requirements:

This lab should take 4-5 hours to complete.

Recording Your Observations:

Click here to download the report for this lab where you’ll record your hypotheses, observations, and conclusions.

Procedures:

1. Visit Fossils: Window to the Past and read about the types of fossils and fossil preservation.
2. Visit a number of websites (a few starters are listed below) that deal with the topic of the history of life on earth. Gather information and images to allow you to prepare a virtual poster session. Be sure to cite your sources!

In your poster session you will need to detail the classification of the group of creatures whose fossil history you are presenting. Include the time of first occurrence, time of maximum diversity, and whether or not the group is extinct or extant.

Example sites:

Tour of Geologic Time

Fossil Museum

National Park Service: Fossils

Searching Websites:

Conduct a keyword search to find websites. To begin a keyword search, start by searching broad terms such as geologic time, fossil history, or fossil record. The resulting list of websites can give you a lot of information, but how do you know if it is reliable? There are a few basic guidelines that can help you when you open a website and try to determine its reliability.

Always consider a site’s:

• Objectivity: Excessive expressions of emotion, opinions, and stereotyping are tip-offs that the information on a site may be biased.
• Ownership and contributors: Go to the Home or About page of the website and find out who sponsors and writes for the site. Look for contributors who have reliable credentials, such as “Harvey Jones, Professor, University of Wisconsin—Madison.”
• Writing style and mechanics: Check the grammar, spelling, and writing style on the site. Errors and awkwardness are signs of a nonprofessional website.
• Currency: Look for publication or copyright dates associated with the site; the more current the better.
• Links: What links does the site contain? A reliable website will offer links to other reliable websites, not to “junk” sites.

  Keyword Search: geologic time, fossil history, fossil record

It is now time to submit your unit journal entries. You should include all the journal entries you made in this unit. They include:

• Journal: Transitional Groups
• Journal: Teaching Evolution
• Journal: Evolution In Action
• Journal: Reproductive Isolation

Journal One: Evolution: Descent with Modification, page 4

Transitional Groups 

Using information found on the Internet, describe the features of Therapsids that suggest this group was transitional to reptiles and mammals.

Journal Two:  Evolution: Descent with Modification, page 6

Teaching Evolution

Follow the link to read more about teaching evolution in the classroom. After you have read the information presented, consider this question: Is there a credible scientific theory that opposes evolution?

http://ncseweb.org/evolution/why-teach-evolution

Journal Three: Evolution: Evolution and Genetics, page 2

Evolution in Action

Click here and write a summary of this online article. Focus on the question: Does this indicate evolution in action?

Journal 4: Evolution:  Evolution and Genetics, page 6

Reproductive Isolation

Consider the reproductive isolating mechanisms described above. Do any of these apply to human beings? Write a few paragraphs in your notebook on this topic.