Sharks

Monday  

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 1

Introduction to sharks:

-anchor video

-ask questions and form list

Lauren:

-anatomy lecture

Lauren:

-shark dissection

Katie:

-fossils

-evolution of sharks

Lauren:

classification lecture

-mini-lab

Week 2

Research project on evolution of sharks

Research cont.

Presentation on research

Katie:

-DNA

-mutation

Katie:

-Extinction

-Speciation

Week 3

Katie:

-Natural selection

-simulation

Linda:

-habitat

-oceans

-biomes

Linda:

-food web

-diversity

-interactions

Linda:

-human interaction

Research Project on a specific problem species and design food web.

Week 4

Research cont.

Present project Presentation

Linda:

conservation

Review for test: jeopardy

Test

Week 5

Conservation speaker

Field trip to area of conservation (ex. Barton Springs)

Research day for presentation at town meeting

Research cont.

Present in class and in town meeting