Introduction

Everywhere you go on this planet—on land, underground, in the air, and in the water—you’ll find life that has been shaped by evolution. In NOVA’s Evolution Lab, you will explore the evidence of evolution through the lens of phylogeny.

The Evolution Lab contains three main parts, last part being the assignment submission:

A- Build A Tree: Includes 7 short videos and 6 missions

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/evolution/research#/chooser (Links to an external site.)

1-Begin your exploration by watching the introductory video entitled “Evolution 101” for an overview of evolution, going back to its discovery by Charles Darwin (and Alfred Russel Wallace, just a little late to the party). Then you’ll be ready to put your understanding to the test by playing our version of the game of life.

2- Go to each of the missions and complete the game. Watch the videos for each mission

You have to build phylogenetic trees themed around the evidence of evolution, including fossils, bio-geography, and similarities in DNA. You use both morphology and analysis of DNA sequences to identify relationships between species and to organize species and traits into phylogenetic trees. Along the way, you will watch seven videos that introduce the missions and give context for how the theme of each mission helps us understand how evolution has shaped life on Earth.

B- Deep Tree:https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/evolution/research#/evo/deeptree (Links to an external site.)

Once you’ve learned how to create trees that capture the evolutionary relationships among a handful of species, you’ll be ready to enter free-play mode to conduct your own investigations in our virtual tree of life. Deep Tree contains information about more than 70,000 species, with detailed descriptions of 200, spanning the 3.5-billion-year history of life on Earth. And it allows you to relate any two species to identify their shared traits and trace their evolutionary lineages back to when they last shared a common ancestor.

C- Assignment SUBMISSION

To complete this assignment you must submit a screen shot of the complete Lab report.

It should looks likes something like this but will at least 4 of the missions complete:

Characterize the equilibria of the chain-store game of subsection 9.2.1 in the limit N→∞ for discount factors δ close to 1.

Define, identify, and explain the concept of your personal self. What is your understanding of your self? What 10 characteristics are most central to your definition of your self? Why? How does your self reflect your culture? Why? 150 or more words

Research your chosen company. Find a minimum of three library sources, which will support your thesis in this assignment. Review your assigned weekly lecture and text reading. Select from this reading 8-10 key concepts, which will also support your thesis. In a four to five page paper, address the questions below. Your paper should follow APA format including a title and reference page. The four to five page paper length requirement does NOT include the title page and reference page. Refer to your classroom area titled South University Policies and Guideline: Using APA Standards in Your Coursework to ensure you are following the correct format.

In weeks one and two, you gathered information about an organization as it relates to planning and decision making. In this assignment, you will apply the functions of Planning, Organizing, and Controlling. You will be required to use concepts and analyze the current management situations at the organization you have chosen.

Your paper must include research and should include a clear introduction with a thesis statement and a conclusion. Your research paper should address the following:

Describe how the organization was managed in the past. Compare the difference between management approaches in the past to those the organization currently uses. Ensure you identify relevant management theory both for past practices and current approaches.

Describe how the organization is structured. Include a copy of the organizational chart. Describe how managers perform the organization function of management based on the structure of the organization. Ensure one of the five types of structures as described in the textbook is identified and analyzed.

Identify a key manager in the organization and describe his/her primary functions and responsibilities. Evaluate how effective this manager is in fulfilling these responsibilities making clear recommendations for improvement. Ensure you refer to the functions of management as described in your textbook.

Describe how decisions are made in this organization. Using materials from the textbook or other relevant sources on decision making evaluate the effectiveness of the decision making process and make clear recommendations for improvement.

Describe the system of controls the organization uses. Include in this description how control is used to ensure the organization meets its goals and objectives as well as how the organization uses a quality control process to ensure products and/or services are delivered as promised. Evaluate the role of managers in these processes. Make clear recommendations for improvement. Ensure you refer to your textbook or other relevant sources in your evaluation.

Summarize the key recommendations you have made identifying each with the relevant function of management.

Include an APA formatted reference list and a title page (these do not count towards the minimum page requirements).