Day 1 Obj. #1 Evidence of Evolution (fossils, vestigial structures, biochemical, DNA, homologous structures) Amber/Fossils/u-tube Jurassic Park amber Reading: Evolution of the Horse Video: Raising the Mammoth H.W. Read pages 306-315 with reading strategy
Day 2 Collect H.W. You Tube: Bill Nye “A Time Before Humans” Lab: Evidence of Evolution (Homologous Structures) with colored pencils H.W. Complete Lab
Day 3 Discuss the Geologic Time Scale/Reading Charts Time line demo Radioactivity Demo Lab: M&M Radioactivity
Day 4 Obj. #3 Darwin, Lamarck, and Wallace Darwin doll/Darwin Awards Reading Statements D or L (Class discussion) Video clip: Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Day 5 Obj. #4 Origin of Life/Primordial Soup Demo Bill Nye Miller-Urey Clip (4 minutes) Lab: Xenosmilus Activity/Indiana Jones Theme Song H.W. Prepare for a Quiz Tomorrow Day 6 Quiz Evolution Obj #2 Natural Selection Obj.#5 Adaptation and Variation Video: Camouflage and Mimicry Do Lab: Natural Selection
Day 7 Obj. #6 Origin of New Species and Obj. #7 human evolution Demo-skulls and tape Reading from Lucy to Language Hominid Sequencing Activity Do Lab: Comparing Primate Skulls Cartoon Homer Simpson’s Evolution
Day 8 Go over Review sheet Go to Computer Labs: play Quia Review Games H.W. Unit Exam Tomorrow
Day 9 File Review Materials Unit Exam Multiple Choice Reading Quiz on "Lucy"
Evolution Unit:
Day 1
Obj. #1 Evidence of Evolution (fossils, vestigial structures, biochemical, DNA, homologous structures) Amber/Fossils/u-tube Jurassic Park amber
Reading: Evolution of the Horse
Video: Raising the Mammoth
H.W. Read pages 306-315 with reading strategy
Day 2
Collect H.W.
You Tube: Bill Nye “A Time Before Humans”
Lab: Evidence of Evolution (Homologous Structures) with colored pencils
H.W. Complete Lab
Day 3
Discuss the Geologic Time Scale/Reading Charts
Time line demo
Radioactivity Demo
Lab: M&M Radioactivity
Day 4
Obj. #3 Darwin, Lamarck, and Wallace
Darwin doll/Darwin Awards Reading
Statements D or L (Class discussion)
Video clip: Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Day 5
Obj. #4 Origin of Life/Primordial Soup Demo
Bill Nye Miller-Urey Clip (4 minutes)
Lab: Xenosmilus Activity/Indiana Jones Theme Song
H.W. Prepare for a Quiz Tomorrow
Day 6
Quiz Evolution
Obj #2 Natural Selection
Obj.#5 Adaptation and Variation
Video: Camouflage and Mimicry
Do Lab: Natural Selection
Day 7
Obj. #6 Origin of New Species and Obj. #7 human evolution
Demo-skulls and tape
Reading from Lucy to Language
Hominid Sequencing Activity
Do Lab: Comparing Primate Skulls
Cartoon Homer Simpson’s Evolution
Day 8
Go over Review sheet
Go to Computer Labs: play Quia Review Games
H.W. Unit Exam Tomorrow
Day 9
File Review Materials
Unit Exam Multiple Choice
Reading Quiz on "Lucy"