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Week
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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1
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Introduce Project and
Driving Question
-Show Anchor Video
-Discuss Project
Specifications, Student Expectations and Rubric
-Show Example Projects
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Lesson: What is Adaptation
- Discuss proper research technique
(How/where to find information)
Lab Time:
-Get into groups and brain
storm
Assessment:
Focused
Listening
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Lesson: Physical
Environment
-Discuss possible experiment
topics.
Lab Time:
-Choose Environment and
Organism
-Work on Experiment proposal
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Lab Day:
-Research Physical Stresses
of Chosen Environment
- Work on Experiment proposal
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Lesson: Physical stress
and Extreme Environments
Assessment:
Diagnostic Learning Logs (check)
Due: List of physical
stresses for chosen environment & Experiment proposal
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2
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Lesson: Mini Lesson on
Experiment Design
Lab Time:
-Make adjustments to proposal
and gather materials for experiment.
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Lab Day:
-Experiment Set-up
-Data Collection
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Lesson: Adaptation and Physical
Stress
Lab Time:
-Data Collection
Due:
-Methods
section
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Lab Day:
-Data Collection
-Research Background
Information for experiment write-up
Assessment:
Analytic
Memo
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Lab Day:
-Finish Collection
-Work on write-up
Assessment:
Diagnostic Learning Logs (check)
Due:
-Preliminary
Check of Data
-Background
Draft
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3
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Lab Day:
-Research adaptations for
each stress
-Experiment Write-up
Adjustments
Assessment:
Word Journal
Due: One
adaptation for one stress at end of class.
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Lesson: Evolution
Assessment:
Application cards
Due:
First Draft of Experiment Write-Up
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Lesson Lab: Evolution
simulations: students will turn
in lab worksheet
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Lab Day:
-Work on experiment write-up
revisions
-Project Research
Assessment:
Diagnostic Learning Logs (check)
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Lesson:
Phylogeny
-Lab Time:
-Project Research
Assessment:
Interests/Knowledge/Skills Checklist
Due:
Final Draft of Experiment
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4
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Lab Day:
-Construct phylogenetic tree
Due:
At least one adaptation per physical stress; sketch of model of
organism – what materials needed for model
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Lesson/Lab: Ecology – energy flow and nutrient cycling (Day
One)
(Nitrogen Lab)
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Lesson/Lab:
Ecology –
energy flow and nutrient cycling (Day Two)
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Lab Day:
-Food chain for organism,
nutrient cycle
Due:
Phylogentic tree
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Lesson: Invasive species
Assessment:
Diagnostic Learning Logs (check)
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5
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Lab Day: Is your
organism invasive?
-Work on Model
Due:
food chain and nutrient cycle
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Lab Day:
-Synthesize Elements of
project and presentation and Implement suggestions
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Lesson: Mock Presentation by Teacher and Review of Rubric
-Students fill out Rubric for
Mock Presentation
Due:
Write-up of invasiveness
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Lab Day:
-Work on model and
Presentation
Due:
1st Draft of Presentation/ Poster
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Lab Day:
-Work on Presentation and
Model
Assessment:
Diagnostic Learning Logs (check)
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6
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Lab Day:
-Review suggestions of
Presentation
Assessment:
Group Instructional Feedback Technique
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Round Robin Poster Session
Assessment:
Assignment Assessments
Due:
All final projects
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Case Study
Assessment:
Everyday Ethical Dilemmas
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Round Robin Poster Session
Assessment:
Group-Work Evaluations
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Case Study
Assessment:
Everyday Ethical Dilemmas
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