How would you tell the story of plant evolution, from the common ancestor of all plants to
Question:
How would you tell the story of plant evolution, from the common ancestor of all plants to today, to someone who never went to college?
Here’s how will the question be graded:
Information Quality
• Includes all 5 plant phyla + charophytes
• Correctly describes all traits unique to each phylum • Correctly explains the phylogenetic relationships among all 6 phyla
Adaptation Concept Mastery
• Correctly explains the environmental challenges plants adapted to over time
• Correctly explains the adaptations that met each environmental challenge, & when in the phylogeny each adaptation occur
General Evolution Concept Mastery
• Correctly shows how evolution works over long periods of time
• Correctly explains how new traits arise in a lineage
Writing Quality
• Easy to understand
Storytelling
• Info organized into a strong, compelling story
• It’s clear why each event in the story is significant (i.e., uses language like “_____ was significant because…” or “This meant that