Students will test their organism in the environment, identify relevant collect and analyze data, “traits”, and determine if their organism will survive based on the criteria. Students will conclude if having a larger list of favorable traits (more genetic variation) is better than having a smaller list of favorable traits (less genetic variation). Lesson 4: Explain Students will read the natural selection reading and apply their Engage and Explore activities to what they have just learned. Lesson 5: Explain Students create a claim and argument mini essay using the paragraph frames to explain how having a variety of traits in a population allows for natural selection and ultimate survival of the species. Lesson 6: Extend Students will complete a reading and discussion on artificial selection in our society today. Students will extend the activities they did and determine if the Explore activity was natural selection or artificial selection. Lesson 7: Evaluate Students will research one artificially selected organism and evaluate whether or not the organism has benefited the environment it lives in. Lesson 1: Engage Lesson 2: Explore Lesson 3: Explore Lesson 4: Explain Student Students will Students will Students will Students will read Experience investigate the design an the natural fossil record to organism that is organism based on selection reading observe the best suited for its a list of traits given and apply their similarities and food source, test it, so that it is best Engage and differences of collect and analyze suited for its food Explore activities to organisms in a data, and explain sources, test it, what they have just particular what the best collect and analyze learned. geographical area. for survival data, and explain “traits” are. why having a greater genetic variation is
Students will test their organism in the environment, identify relevant “traits”, collect and analyze data, and determine if their organism will survive based on the criteria. Students will conclude if having a larger list of favorable traits (more genetic variation) is better than having a smaller list of favorable traits (less genetic variation). Lesson 4: Explain Students will read the natural selection reading and apply their Engage and Explore activities to what they have just learned. Lesson 5: Explain Students create a claim and argument mini essay using the paragraph frames to explain how having a variety of traits in a population allows for natural selection and ultimate survival of the species. Lesson 6: Extend Students will complete a reading and discussion on artificial selection in our society today. Students will extend the activities they did and determine if the Explore activity was natural selection or artificial selection. Lesson 7: Evaluate Students will research one artificially selected organism and evaluate whether or not the organism has benefited the environment it lives in. Lesson 1: Engage Lesson 2: Explore Lesson 3: Explore Lesson 4: Explain Student Experience Students will investigate the fossil record to observe the similarities and differences of organisms in a particular geographical area. Students will design an organism that is best suited for its food source, test it, collect and analyze data, and explain what the best “traits” for survival are. Students will organism based on a list of traits given so that it is best suited for its food sources, test it, collect and analyze data, and explain why having a greater genetic variation is Students will read the natural selection reading and apply their Engage and Explore activities to what they have just learned.
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