How does evolution affect us today?

by Vance Ballard and Eddie Bonnell

Introduction
Anchor Video
Concept Map
Project Calendar
Lesson Plans
Letter to Parents
Assessments
Resources
Modifications
Grant

Project Calendar

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 1

Evolution

Video

Timeline of universe project

Introduction of debates.

Journal entries

Introduction to evolution as a process of selection

Present main characters

Journal entries

Present 11 points

Journal entries

Lesson: chaos and order, living on the edge.

Chaos and order Student Handout

Journal entries

Exam

Journal entries

Week 2

Evolution

 

Blocks and screws day 1

Journal entries

Blocks and screws day 2

Journal entries

Natural selection

Artificial selection

Crops, pets, and livestock

Journal entries

Sexual selection

Journal entries

Exam

Journal entries

Week 3

Interdependence

DNA

Synteny

Genomic libraries

mutations

Journal entries

Food web

Nutrient recycling

predation

Journal entries

Energy transfer

Nitrogen fixation

Journal entries

Habitat and niches

Journal entries

Leave for coast

Coast lesson1

Return tomorrow

Journal entries

Week 4

Man's effect on environment

Mass wasting

Deforestation

 

 

Oil spill and water quality lesson

Franchise lesson and habitat

 

Alternative energy source and tree hugging

Exams

 

 

 

Week 5

Man's effect on environment

Introduce debate topics and assign parts

Debate research

Alternative to oil, mining resources, are humans effecting the rate of evolution

Debate research

Alternative to oil, mining resources, are humans effecting the rate of evolution

Debate and judging

Debate and judging