Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
4/19
The week started off with an assessment on Darwin and Natural Selection. Overall, I was very impressed with how the students performed. Our next unit is the Classification Unit. Students started out identifying how we classify/ categorize various nonliving items(i.e paper, paper clips, pennies, etc.). Then we took a look at how we as young scientists classify living organisms. Students realized that we group organisms into categories based on their physical features and function, just like we do in our everyday lives with non living items. Now students are working on their Shape Island Activity, where they are essentially naming different animals based on those traits.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
4/5
Welcome back from break! This week students just dove into our next unit of Evolution and Natural Selection. On Tuesday we watched a video which really opened up some great questions regarding adaptations and various species. Students kept busy learning about Darwin, his finches, and the Galapagos Islands. Over the past two days students have been able to show their creative side by designing an animal based on an environment given to them. These Designer Animals are due in class on Monday when the students will be presenting them.
Designer Animal Rubric:
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You
must fulfill all parts of the task:
o
Completely
answer questions A-I from the “Task Requirements” (10 pts)
o
Draw
a picture of your animal in its environment (4 pts)
o
Neatly
color your picture (2 pts)
o
Clearly
label the important parts (characteristics) of your animal (2
pts)
o
Make
up a name for your animal (1 pt)
o
List
your environmental change, state whether or not your animal will survive in its
new environment, and EXPLAIN YOUR REASONING. (5 pts)
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·
25 points possible
Students may choose to do a mini-presentation
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