Monday & Tuesday: Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection

This week students will investigate Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection.  For the first part of the week, students will be doing independent research about Charles Dawrin via a webquest and the second half of the week students will do a lab modelling what Darwin noticed about bird beaks in the Galapagos Islands.  Students also have a Knowledge Check at the end of the week.

Here are resources from today’s class:

• Warm- Up: Giraffe Necks and Giraffe Neck Review
• Link #1: Video – Who was Charles Darwin
• Link #2:  CK12 Reading – Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle
• Link #3:Evolution Reading from Sciencesaurus

Extra Time:

• NOVA: What Darwin Never Knew
• Darwin Game: Who Wants to Live a Million Years?

 

ASSIGNMENTS:

• Darwin Webquest due Wednesday (Thursday for Core D)