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Lessons for Week of 1/16 - 1/20back to week index

Monday 1/16: Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday




Tuesday 1/17: Teacher Workday




Wednesday 1/18: Evolution

curricular goals

Goal 1: Learners will design and conduct investigations to demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry. NCSCOS: 1.01, 1.05, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10.

Goal 5: Learners will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of evidence of evolution in organisms and land forms. NCSCOS: 5.01, 5.02, 5.03.


warm-up

Darwin proposed a theory of evolution by natural selection to explain how populations evolve into new species.


in-class activities

1) Physical Characteristics Observation Activity

2) Movie Activity: “Isn’t Evolution Just a Theory?”


homework

1) Study for Quiz on Holt text, pgs. 318 - 319, coming Thursday January 26th.

2) Notebook Check, Friday, January 20th.

3) Geologic Era Project, Due Friday, February 3rd.




Thursday 1/19: Evolution

curricular goals

Goal 1: Learners will design and conduct investigations to demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry. NCSCOS: 1.01, 1.05, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10.

Goal 5: Learners will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of evidence of evolution in organisms and land forms. NCSCOS: 5.01, 5.02, 5.03.


warm-up

Adaptation is a trait that improves an organism’s chance for survival and reproduction.


in-class activities

1) Stations Activity (Three stations include: Computer Station, Lab Station, & Reading Research Station)


homework

1) Study for Quiz on Holt text, pgs. 318 - 319, coming Thursday January 26th.

2) Notebook Check, tomorrow.

3) Geologic Era Project, Due Friday, February 3rd.




Friday 1/20: Evolution

curricular goals

Goal 1: Learners will design and conduct investigations to demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry. NCSCOS: 1.01, 1.05, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10.

Goal 5: Learners will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of evidence of evolution in organisms and land forms. NCSCOS: 5.01, 5.02, 5.03.


warm-up

Uniformitarianism is a principle that states: “Geologic processes that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes.”


in-class activities

1) Stations Activity (Three stations include: Computer Station, Lab Station, & Reading Research Station)


homework

1) Study for Quiz on Holt text, pgs. 318 - 319, coming Thursday January 26th.

2) Geologic Era Project, Due Friday, February 3rd.




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