Lesson Extensions: The following extensions progress chronologically through the lessons of this unit.
Adaptation Essay
Write two paragraphs following these guidelines.
Adaptation Game - Echo Location
Prepare for and run the Bat and Moth Echo Location game. Come up with and have students answer debrief questions for the game. In your debrief questions, include at least one question from each of Costa's three levels (Costa's 3 Levels - AVID).
Adaptation Game - Camouflage
Prepare for and run the Camouflage game. Come up with and have students answer debrief questions for the game. In your debrief questions, include at least one question from each of Costa's three levels (Costa's 3 Levels - AVID).
Guppy Variation Assignment
Watch the Venezuelan Guppy PowerPoint and complete the Guppy Color Variation assignment.
Bill Nye Saves the World
On Netflix, watch Bill Nye Saves the World Season 2, Episode 5, "Extinction: Why All Our Friends Are Dying" and Season 1, Episode 13, "Earth's People Problem." Then write one paragraph summarizing each episode and a third paragraph in which you make a case for how natural selection is (or is not) playing out with humans on Earth.
Evolution Art
Read general information on evolution, including common misconceptions, on this Berkeley site. View the "Tree of Life PowerPoint" by North Cascades Institute graduate student Holli Watne. Then make a piece of art incorporating at least two elements from each of the two resources.
Evolution as Scientific Truth
Read the following quotes and then write one paragraph elaborating on each quote and a third paragraph in which you explain how these quotes connect to evolution as a scientific truth.
Famous scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson said, “When you have an established…scientific truth, it is true whether or not you believe in it…” and “…this is science. It’s not something to say I choose not to believe that E=MC^2…you don’t have that option.”
High School International Baccalaureate Material
Go through the high school Evolution PowerPoint and complete the worksheet.