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Butterfly/Moth Adaptation Activity...students finish questions as classwork/homework.
Complete Butterfly Questions
Continue work on Extinction Presentations
GUIDANCE
NEXT WEEK
One day to finish Presentations
Preview Genetic/Evolution Car Simulation for tomorrow
Darwin Postcards #1 & #2 for classwork and finished for HW for Wednesday
Genetic/Evolution Car Simulation...students can toy with this to prepare for Google question due next week.
Can work on postcards
Students should bring in supplies to help camouflage their moth/butterfly.
Darwin Postcards #1 & #2 for classwork and finished for HW, if needed
Students turn in both Postcards
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NO SCHOOL
NEXT WEEK
Butterfly/Moth Adaptation Activity...students finish questions as classwork/homework.
Complete Butterfly Questions
Natural Selection Worksheets...finish for HW, if needed
Finish notes for evidence of Evolution
JA YES DAY...Ensure everyone has completed YA YES Google Form
Teach Your Past Self - Evidence of Evolution writing Assignment
Introduce Part 1 of Finch Simulation
Answer question found in Google Classroom about this part of the simulation will be homework.
Continue work on Homologous/Analogous Structure Phenomenon
Work on Homologous/Analogous Structure Phenomenon
Last day to work on project (periods 7 - 8 will watch Dinosaur documentary on Netflix)
Students pair with a group that did other Phenomenon and learn the science of this other Phenomenon
Application of Learning for Convergent/Divergent Evolution
Turn in Phenomenon Presentation
Finish/continue notes on Evidence of Evolution
No HW.
NO SCHOOL
NEXT WEEK
Finish notes for evidence of Evolution
Teach Your Past Self - Evidence of Evolution writing Assignment
Lay out completed timeline and Answer questions from geologic timeline activity in class...ANSWERS
Check answers to Geologic TImeline
Started period ensuring students understood the concepts of Adaptation and Niche. Adaption video, Habitat vs Niche video
Launch two possible phenomena:
Sugar Glider and Flying Squirrels (Flying squirrel video, sugar glider video)
Bat wing and human hand (bat flight video, bat wing skeleton)
Students will be assigned one of these phenomenon and then decide upon three Crosscutting Concepts that are evident in their phenomenon. This is homework due tomorrow. This assignment will be submitted as an answer to a Google Question. Students may work in groups of up to three.
Students in groups begin to focus on their final project, creating their model and explanation. Special attention will be paid to TIME and the fact that ancestors change during this time for reasons determined by the environment.
For homework, students will write middle school friendly definitions for the FOUR (4) vocabulary words that are listed in their document. Students will create a document that shows these definitions which the teacher will check at the start of class tomorrow.
Teacher will check vocabulary homework
Full day to work on Phenomenon Project after previewing Google Slides template...pushed out tomorrow.
Continue Phenomenon work
Post model help in Google Classroom
Students working in groups on Vestigial Structure presentation
Continue Vestigial structure project - due today
Vestigial Structure Student presentations
Finish presentations
Vestigial Structure Graded Google Question
Students lay down strips from Geologic Time Activity.
Answer questions from geologic timeline activity in class - Next week
Assign Vocabulary List #4 for Friday's quiz...Flashcards due then also
GENETICS TEST - check notecard
Begin notes on Evidence of Evolution from presentation.
Hand out trilobites
Complete fossil questions from reading and video in Google Form (use link in Google Classroom). For homework
Vocabulary List #4 Quiz (Check flashcards)
Create groups for Vestigial Structure Projects and review
NEXT WEEK
Substitute Monday
Review Vertebrate/Invertebrate timeline Evidence of Evolution from presentation.
Students lay down strips from Geologic Time Activity...go over answers.