Overview

Students will be answering guiding questions throughout the video on how mutations lead to the evolution of an organism.

Objectives and Goals

Procedure

Pt. 1

Students will watch PBS Frontline's “Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria.” Students will answer the questions to the video in canvas quizzes as they follow along. It is recommended that you give the students a couple of days to complete the video. To automatically create a window of availability, you may adjust the availability dates in the assignment settings. 

To learn more about assignment due dates and availability dates, view the following tutorial:

What is the difference between assignment due dates and availability?

Optional Modifications:

Pt. 2

After students have completed the questions from the previous activity, they will use the SIT Strategy to create a discussion post. Students have been instructed to include the following information in their discussion post:

Canvas Discussions - Recommended settings:

To help students develop their own opinions and to allow for student discourse we recommend updating the discussion options to allow for threaded replies and hiding previous discussion posts prior to posting. 

To learn more about Canvas Discussions options, view the following tutorial:

For information about facilitating an effective online discussion, visit the link below: 

Best practices for facilitating online discussions