1. Do Now Which project you are doing: paleobiologist or physical anthropologist? If you chose paleobiologist, read page 118-119, Interview with a Paleobiologist and take notes. If you chose physical anthropologist, read page 119-120, Interview with a Physical Anthropologist, and take notes. While taking notes, please answer the following questions: 1.What does a paleobiologist/physical anthropologist do? 2.What do you think a typical day at work looks like for a paleobiologist/physical anthropologist? 3.What is the most challenging part of a paleobiologist’s/ physical anthropologist’s job?

2. Evolution by Natural Selection Check your homework with an answer key Any questions?

3. Paleobiologist and Physical Anthropologist Project Due Tuesday, October 22 nd End Product: Poster displaying information in a neat, concise format Double check that your poster addresses all criteria required. All text should be typed.

4. Background Information: What is Plate Tectonics? Millions of years ago, the continents were arranged close together in a supercontinent called “Pangea” Over time, the convection currents of the Earth’s mantle moved the plates apart. What evidence do we have?

5. Background Information: What is Plate Tectonics? What evidence do we have? – Continents fit together like a puzzle – A small lizard (mesosaurus) was only found in E. South America and South Africa – Glacial deposits were found in tropical climates

6. Background Information: Videos Homo Sapians: The Birth of Humanity What’s a Fossil? Radiometric Dating with M & M’s Please take notes on each video! You are responsible for the information of a Paleobiologist and Physical Anthropologist!

10. Graphic Organizers What are they? How do we use them?

11. Graphic Organizer Visual representations of knowledge, concepts, or ideas. Also known as: knowledge map Concept maps Story maps Concept diagram Cognitive organizer

12. Graphic Organizer: Venn Diagram Shows relations between sets of data.

13. Graphic Organizer