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Goal:
Studentswillbeabletodevelopawrittenarticlewheretheypresentevidenceabout
organism.
Studentswillbeabletoresearchthecharacteristicsthatpromotesuccessfulcontinuation
ofthespecies.
Standard:
MSLS1
4.
Useargumentbasedonempiricalevidenceandscientificreasoningtosupport
anexplanationforhowcharacteristicanimalbehaviorsandspecializedplant
structuresaffecttheprobabilityofsuccessfulreproductionofanimalsandplants
respectively.(FromNextGenerationScienceStandard)
Prework:
Beforetheclasssessionstudentsaregoingtogetasheetofpaperwithresearch
guidanceononeside.Astheyreceivethepapertheywillbeaskedtodrawanimaginedanimal
ontheback.Partofthedrawingneedstobetheenvironmentthatorganismwouldliveinifit
exist.
LessonDayOne:
OpeningActivity:
Studentswilltakeamomenttoexplaintotheotherstudentsintheirgroupwhich
environmenttheiranimalswouldbemostsuccessfullivingin.
IntroductionofActivity:
Oncestudentshavehadabriefmomenttoworkwiththeirpeersonestablishthebest
environmentforthecreatedorganism,theywillhaveachancetouseacomputerlabto
researchplantsoranimalsthatreallyexisttoestablishascientificnamefortheircreationaswell
asthetraitsthatitwouldpossess.Theresearchguidewouldlooklike:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MMseKmnp25oTkKxqQPBrCQ3SVbtuNybr37o3mjnzk4U/
edit?usp=sharing
.Thisdocumentwillprovideideasforareastoresearch.Thedocumentalso
hasavariationwithsentencestarterstoprovidedifferentiation
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dCeK1gOGgipqxWOwu_p9hoXuA61dUyndQKdRxPmWn
tM/edit?usp=sharing
.
Duringfirstclass:
Whilethestudentsareworkingsomeofthediscussionquestions,tousewhilewalk
around,tohelpguidetheiractivitiescanbe:
Howdidyouknowwhichclimateyouranimalcouldlivein?
Couldyouranimallivethereallyear?
Ifyouranimalisontopofthefoodchainhowmightthataffecthowmanyofyouranimal
therewillbe?
Youmadesomechangestoyouranimaloverarealanimal.Howhaveyourchanges
affectedthewayyouranimalwillinteractwithotheranimals?
Howcanyourchangesprovideadvantagesordisadvantagescomparedtosimilar
animals?
Duringsecondclass:
Studentswillimmediatelystartonthearticlewritingportionoftheirpaper.Afterthey
havehadachancetoworkontheresearch,thefollowingactivitywouldbecreatinganarticle
abouttheircreature.Theformatofthearticlecanbesimilartoarticleaboveorlikethatofa
wikipediaentry.Inthearticlestudentsshouldcovertheareasofenvironment,locationinfood
chain,acceptableclimate,adrawingoftheanimal,andtraitsthatwillhelpmultiplegeneration
survive.Beforesubmittingtheirarticle,studentswillneedtoselfevaluateandclarifytheirwork.
Theywillbeabletousethisrubric:
ArticleRubricCircletheareasyouhavemet
ReflectionWhydid
younotgive
yourselfa2?
Organism
AnimalorPlant
created
AND
scientific
nameprovided
AnimalorPlant
created
OR
Scientific
Nameprovided
Neither
Animal
orPlantcreated
AND
scientific
namemissing.
Environment
Organismsnatural
environmentlisted
Organisms
natural
environmentnot
list
FoodChain
Above
AND
belowthe Above
OR
belowthe
NEITHER
Above
organismisprovidedin organismisprovidedin andbelowthe
thefoodchain.
thefoodchain.
organismis
providedinthe
foodchain.
Cimate
Acceptableclimatefor
organismlisted
Unacceptable
climatefor
organismlisted
Traits
Organismstraits
provided
Organismstraits
notprovided
Future
Generations
Reasoningprovided
fortraitshelpingthe
speciessurvivaland
advancement.
Noreasoning
providedfortraits
helpingthe
speciessurvival
oradvancement.
Pointstotal
(___/12)x2=___pts