Monday April 10, 2017-Friday April 14, 2017

Monday April 10 , 2017
Due today: nothing- I will finish checking bird beak answers

Agenda:
QW:  Explain the terms as best you can, or draw pictures to represent what they mean, in the animal world:
overproduction, competition, variations

students find and share short video clips that represent one of these, put link in google classroom with groups names on it.
Watch and record highlights

Include environmental factors

Homework: Science News April due at end of April

Tuesday April 11 , 2017
Due today: Bird beak answers to ALL questions

Agenda:
QW:  Describe overproduction, variations, competition and environmental factors.  Give or draw  an example for each

Geographic isolation as mechanism to become species-short game, short video game-who wants to live a million years
Record in notebook:
initial features-animals

1st event is ______________
 what mutation was chosen?_____________
total surviving after event _________
2nd event is _______________

 what mutation was chosen?_____________
total surviving after event _________
3rd event ______________
 what mutation was chosen?_____________
total surviving after event _________

survivor Yes_______No________


Wednesday 12, 2017
Due today:  nothing

QW:  Describe some environmental factors that might affect whether a population sends its DNA to the next generation.

Video clip-Darwins Finches recent research  Howard Hughes Medical Institute


Homework: Science News for April due last Friday in April
Reflection due Wednesday

Thursday April 13 , 2017  Substitute-be great!!
Due today:  nothing

Agenda:
QW:  What has caused animal species to become extinct?



In notebooks p 92  make 2 columns and record bullet points that are discussed in the talk (minimum 3 bullet points in each)
CAUSE                               EFFECT

watch TED talk 
discuss


Reflection:  What causes species to change over time?  Demonstrate  most ( at least 4 of the 6) of the factors we have learned- overproduction, competition, variations, environmental factors, geographic isolation, mutations- write, draw a comic strip, graphic organizer, brochure type drawing, poem

Make a rough draft on p 91, then get unlined paper for the final draft which MUST be colored and have a connection to your life or the world
Due Wednesday
Honors class complete online reading and answer questions- due Wed.


Homework: 
finish reflection- due Wednesday 
Science News for April due last Friday in April

Friday April 14, 2017
no school