1. We will begin with game 13.  Please be prompt and be prepared.  The categories will be WHO, WHAT, and WHY (as with Game 1).  You may not have anything out to prompt you for this game.
2. The game will be followed by the final graded dialogue.  Note that you will use your final essay as a point of departure for this this discussion.  You should branch into a reexamination of your answers to the questions that we asked on the first day of class:

1. Define modern evolutionary theory with the emphasis on micro evolution.
2. What is the relationship between taxonomy, phylogeny and modern evolutionary theory?
3. What is the relationship between modern evolutionary theory and modern biology?
4. What are the distinctions between hypotheses, theories, and laws in science?
5. What kinds of organisms would you consider to be "the most highly evolved"?

Darwin, chapter 14 should play a significant role in your dialogue.  Also, we expect you to weave in examples from the course at large to include the readings (especially Gary Larson's book), the observations, and general connections with other areas of Biology.  By the way, this would serve you as a general format for your final essay.  We expect that this dialogue will be "meaty", so we will count it 2X as much as any of the other graded dialogues.

3. Other things due at this time include:

1. All outstanding drafts of your papers (This includes the report on your Winogradsky columns).
2. Your final essay.
3. Your student portfolio requirement (submit the URL at the end of your essay).

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