Monday: Students will be given a grade check for the 1st three weeks of the nine weeks. (Any student who needs to complete the frog dissection should do so today after school, or Tuesday or Wednesday before school, after school, or during SSR. Frogs will be disposed of after that time.)
Students will revisit their study site in the nature center and make observations over changes since their last visit.
Tuesday: Students will view a Hank Green video over evolution (MBC). After a discussion of Darwin's theory of evolution, students will hear about the evolution of the speckled moth before and after the industrial revolution. Students will be provided an outline of a butterfly. They will need to color the butterfly to blend in to the classroom environment.
Homework: Students will color an outline of a butterfly to bring to class tomorrow. Students should NOT cut out the butterfly until they get to class.
Wednesday: Activity: Butterfly Hunt.
Students will investigate one animal for a variation that has allowed them to survive in their environment. Students will then sketch the four steps of natural selection using their chosen animal (Textbook, page 442.)
Thursday: Due: Sketch of Natural Selection.
Biological evidence of evolution will be discussed. Students will view and compare the embryological development of several vertebrates, included humans. Students will then complete the packet "Comparing Vertebrates."
Friday: Due: "Comparing Vertebrates"
Students will take a mental field trip of Indiana during the Ordovician time period. Students will then begin the lab "Fossil Find."
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