WEEKLY OBJECTIVES: 1) STUDENTS WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE FACTS THAT DARWIN USED TO DEVELOP THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION.
2) STUDENTS WILL CREATE ORGANISMS THAT WOULD POPULATE A DIFFERENT PLANET WITH DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES TO SEE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE TRAITS THAT HELP ORGANISMS SURVIVE.
Monday - Lecture on the origin of cells and the endosymbiotic theory. SSR "Humans are Still Evolving" followed by a summary paragraph.
Tuesday - ACT test; 4th and 6th hour; Reading guide 14.2 and Vocabulary 15.1
Wednesday - Short lecture on what is an adaptation? Begin lab "Mission 10" in which students create alien organisms that would populate a different planet that earth. They must explain the adaptations that allow them to fit their environment.
Thursday - Complete "Mission 10" lab activity. Assign reading guide 15.1 The Theory of Evolution.
Friday - Lecture on Darwin and how he arrived at his theory. Work on 15.1 reading guide, due Monday
2) STUDENTS WILL CREATE ORGANISMS THAT WOULD POPULATE A DIFFERENT PLANET WITH DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES TO SEE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE TRAITS THAT HELP ORGANISMS SURVIVE.
Monday - Lecture on the origin of cells and the endosymbiotic theory. SSR "Humans are Still Evolving" followed by a summary paragraph.
Tuesday - ACT test; 4th and 6th hour; Reading guide 14.2 and Vocabulary 15.1
Wednesday - Short lecture on what is an adaptation? Begin lab "Mission 10" in which students create alien organisms that would populate a different planet that earth. They must explain the adaptations that allow them to fit their environment.
Thursday - Complete "Mission 10" lab activity. Assign reading guide 15.1 The Theory of Evolution.
Friday - Lecture on Darwin and how he arrived at his theory. Work on 15.1 reading guide, due Monday