Natural Selection
What are the causes of differentiation in reproductive success?
Day 4
Activity 4A: Do Now
Directions: Read the article then discuss with your table. Use the prompts if you get stuck or if you finish your discussion before your classmates.
Prompts:
1. Do genes or the environment influence changes over generations? Provide evidence
1. Do genes or the environment influence changes over generations? Provide evidence
Activity 4B: Comic
Directions: read the comic with your table and discuss the questions below:
Questions:
1. When it comes to crickets, what does fitness mean?
2. Is calling beneficial or non beneficial for a cricket's reproductive success? Explain.
3. Identify some examples of natural selection at work in this cricket story.
4. How does "survival of the fittest" apply to your life?
1. When it comes to crickets, what does fitness mean?
2. Is calling beneficial or non beneficial for a cricket's reproductive success? Explain.
3. Identify some examples of natural selection at work in this cricket story.
4. How does "survival of the fittest" apply to your life?
Activity 4C: Pocket Mouse
Activity 4D: Article or Homework Pending Time
Homework: Read the Article Below and Prepare to Discuss Prompts
Prompts:
1. In your own words, define natural selection.
2. Analyze how heredity, variation, overproduction, and competition contribute to natural selection.
3. Create three "thinking questions" pertaining to the article/ (thinking- provoke others to analyze, form an opinion, express a thought).
1. In your own words, define natural selection.
2. Analyze how heredity, variation, overproduction, and competition contribute to natural selection.
3. Create three "thinking questions" pertaining to the article/ (thinking- provoke others to analyze, form an opinion, express a thought).
Activity 4E: Optional
Optional Darwin Activity for Any Day Below:
Activity 4F: Homework
4. Other Homework: Explore Learning Gizmo with Student Exploration Sheet
1. Natural Selection
2. Rainfall and Bird Beaks
1. Natural Selection
2. Rainfall and Bird Beaks
Day 5
Activity 5A: Do Now
Do Now: See prompts above then:
Research Activity:
1. Research the history of your favorite animal or insect.
2. Analyze how the organism's characteristics contribute the it's reproductive success.
3. Share your research with your table.
1. Research the history of your favorite animal or insect.
2. Analyze how the organism's characteristics contribute the it's reproductive success.
3. Share your research with your table.
Activity 5B: Kingdoms
5. Differentiating Organisms
Activity 5C: Graphic Organizer
Directions: Use the websites below to create a graphic organizer to differentiate the 3 domains and 6 kingdoms
Activity 5D: Article
1. What exactly does Bioluminescence mean?
2. What kind of data will Eye-in-the-Sea collect?
3. How do you feel about benthic traps? Bioethics?
4. How do you feel about the scientists removing the organisms' eyes for study?
5. Describe what types of tests will be run on the eyes?
6. Why are we concerned with bioluminescence?
2. What kind of data will Eye-in-the-Sea collect?
3. How do you feel about benthic traps? Bioethics?
4. How do you feel about the scientists removing the organisms' eyes for study?
5. Describe what types of tests will be run on the eyes?
6. Why are we concerned with bioluminescence?
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