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Lesson Format
This lesson is designed to take approximately 5 days/ 212 minutes and can be completed entirely online. The format can be either blended, synchronous/asynchronous. Types of interactions include group work activities through discussion boards, Nearpod, word cloud, and independent work through Edpuzzle, timeline creation, and Flipgrid assignment.
This week, you will complete the following course work:
- Lesson 1: Addie's Story
- Watch and complete the questions throughout the video. (appx. 60 minutes)
- Complete the S-I-T Strategy in the Discussion Board (appx. 15 minutes)
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Initial Post due mm/dd/yyyy
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Peer Response due following mm/dd/yyyy
- Lesson 2: Use Nearpod to infer the characteristics of a fossilized organism (appx. 30 minutes)
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Initial Post due mm/dd/yyyy
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Peer Response due following mm/dd/yyyy
- Lesson 3: Answer Questions in Edpuzzle on Evolution 101 and create a word cloud (appx. 15 minutes)
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Questions and word cloud response due mm/dd/yyyy
- Lesson 4: Create an Evolutionary Timeline (appx. 60-90 minutes)
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Timeline is due mm/dd/yyyy
- Lesson 5: Flipgrid summary (appx. 2 minutes)
Flipgrid summary is due mm/dd/yyyy
Total Estimated Time: 3 hours 32 minutes
Objectives and Goals
- Synthesize, communicate, and evaluate claims that changes in environmental conditions will affect the survival strategies of populations.
- Construct an explanation based on evidence for how an adaptation leads to differential survival and reproduction of organisms.
- Analyze evidence to predict how changes in gene frequency within a population can alter its survival and reproduction.
- Evaluate evidence to predict how changes in environmental conditions will affect the fitness of a species.
- Synthesize, evaluate, and communicate how selection pressures and adaptations can affect biodiversity on earth.
Procedure
- All of the activities are designed to be completed within Canvas.