Now that you have examined the details of your proposed earthworm changes, it is time to start putting everything together. In the end, I need you to prepare a presentation of what you have found in which you'll justify your recommendations. Your next step is to put together everything that you and your teammates have discovered and to summarize your main points in a thesis statement. How should you do that, and what's a thesis statement? Read on.

What You Should Do Next: Meet and Develop a Thesis
Please reconvene in your teams and share the research you’ve been working on. Do the following:

1. You need to present to your team what you have learned about the features you've researched and what conclusions you have drawn about possibly changing them.
   
   
2. With everyone's research on the table, decide which features are worth investigating and which features suggest that this project isn't such a great idea. I have attached a template to help you compare all of the changes you have proposed and decide which are the "best."
   
   
3. Finally, you need to decide as a team what your final recommendation will be to Mr. Clark. That will be your thesis statement. Your thesis isn't necessarily just one sentence; it should answer these questions:
   
   
   1. Do you think the project is worth pursuing further, given what you know about the anatomical and physiological consequences of particular changes? Why or why not? Completing the attached template will help you decide.
      
      
   2. If you do think it’s worth pursuing, which features in particular hold promise? Having filled out the template, you will be able to choose the most promising ideas.

I would like to see a completed rank template and a draft of your team's thesis statement. There is more to do after you finish this work, but you should check in to make sure you’re going down the right path before proceeding.

Best regards,


Jamie Matthews, PhD