1. LIfe

1. Activity (Mealworms)

• Design and conduct various experiments to draw conclusions about mealworm behavior.

2. Results

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3. Notes (Research MEthods)

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4. Review

Part I: Experimental Design (30 minutes)

1. Design and conduct and experiment of your choice. Your experiment must involve the use of humans and Bromothymol Blue Indicator.
2. Record all results in your notes.

Part II: Video Analysis (30 minutes)

Part III: Research Analysis

• Article #1
• Article #2
• Article #3

5. Quiz #1

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6. Notes (Characteristics of Living Things)

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7. Activity (Betta Fish)

• Design and conduct an experiment to draw conclusions about what activates the Betta Fish agonistic response.

8. Results

1. Click here to read a formal Research Journal Abstract.
2. What do you notice about the style of writing? What types of words do you not see? Be specific?
3. Click here to download the formal Journal Article template
4. Using the Research Journal style as a guide (exact font, columns, writing style, etc), create a Journal Article that outlines your Beta Fish experiment (1/Group). Assign headings to different group members. Share with "ramsey.musallam@sonomaacademy.org"
5. Add references using APA. Click here.

9. Activity (Sumo Bots)

1. Click here and follow steps to build the body.
2. Attach color eye to nerve cell 1.
3. Attached distance eye to nerve cell 2.
4. Load DNA.
5. Compete and mate.
6. Evolve 1.
7. Compete and mate.
8. Evolve 2
9. Compete and mate 3.
10. Evolve 3.

10. Notes (Evolution)

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2. Radio Lab Episode
3. Does the below video represent Evolution by Natural Selection .

11. Activity (Evolution simulations)

• Design and conduct a short activity that simulates Evolution by Natural Selection using our classmates as species. Your activity must:
  1. Last for no longer than 10 minutes.
  2. Creatively embody the 3 conditions needed for Evolution by Natural Selection show below.
     1. Variation
     2. Inheritance
     3. Limited Resources

12. Activity (Medical Case Study)

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• Click here for presentations (GH)

13. Review

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14. Quiz #2

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