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Some cool Plant adaptations Cones- reproductive structures https://www.kqed.org/science/366760/the-sex-lives-of-christmas-trees Co-evolution: Milkweed and Monarchs http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/agrawal/coevolution/ plant adapted to burn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qub37PdT9rw plants with leaves adapted to catch prey! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktIGVtKdgwo flower and leaf adaptations for protection and pollination - water lillies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igkjcuw_n_U color coding fruit to improve a seed's chance of survival- evo-devo back to color vision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKBkhPJ9SVQ

Make sure you have all of this completed by Monday 4-30-18 As Always- take notes Watch this documentary:54 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWriDpfZnXQ  Listen to this podcast From tree to shining tree (34 minutes) https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/from-tree-to-shining-tree Trees- how they survive and thrive after a fire- read this - it's one page! https://www.nationalforests.org/our-forests/your-national-forests-magazine/how-trees-survive-and-thrive-after-a-fire

Earth Day is 4-22-18  Here's an event for next weekend if you don't have any plans :) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earth-day-jam-tickets-43655068485?aff=es2 Greenpeace Earth Day Clip (1 1/2 minutes) Go here to see what the Earth Day organization is focusing on this year! https://www.earthday.org/ Watch this brief video (4 1/2 minutes) to catch up on what's been happening since the first Earth Day in 1970                                     American Museum of Natural History 

Field trip pictures: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tlNwHfYYaFjfNBbq6OFvWtOkL3lfmmuFuclIhyc7zUQ/edit?usp=sharing

If you aren't on the field trip Tuesday you'll need to watch the documentary linked below and take notes, you may be quizzed on the documentary but you will be allowed to use your notes. The secret lives of plants https://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_simard_how_trees_talk_to_each_other?referrer=playlist-the_secret_lives_of_plants&language=en A plant's eye view https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pollan_gives_a_plant_s_eye_view?referrer=playlist-the_secret_lives_of_plants&language=en roots of plant intelligence: https://www.ted.com/talks/stefano_mancuso_the_roots_of_plant_intelligence?referrer=playlist-the_secret_lives_of_plants&language=en The beautiful tricks of flowers: https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_the_beautiful_tricks_of_flowers?referrer=playlist-the_secret_lives_of_plants&language=en

DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR FIELD TRIP FORMS SIGNED AND $15.00 TO ME ON MONDAY FOR THE FIELD TRIP ON TUESDAY! Living on Earth homework; Listen and take notes- March 30th 2018 http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.html?programID=18-P13-00013

Biology class work for today: Go to the link below and work through all of the sites- hand write all of your answers on the paper https://docs.google.com/document/d/18KmwoalKAYKIoMZudXoIHG-w99v2jqmrtri3GzS_W4U/edit?usp=sharing

Change of plans, no homework tonight!