April 29 & May 2, Friday & Monday, 2016

SCIENCE---

• Today we worked on the SKULL LAB REVIEW GOOGLE SLIDES ! Students have been assigned a slide and a skull station to review for us and present on Monday!!
• This has been DELIVERED IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM!!

April 26-28, Tuesday-Thursday, 2016

SCIENCE-

1. Link to google doc for your group-https://docs.google.com/a/ggl.summit.k12.co.us/document/d/1P1kin1Ac6SljUoOsYrDhmiEvqIHofi-6RepKAdRuVvg/edit?usp=sharing

Station 10: Timeline--------------

1. Fill in the Age column on your data chart using the following resources.

Link for picture above so you can enlarge it- http://www.theistic-evolution.com/transitional.html

Human Timeline Interactive

3D Skull Interactive

Station 11: Meet the Folks------------

Nick name doc-http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~vaucher/History/Evolution/assets/Allen_Family_portraits.jpg

Human Species Website

Human Family Tree

Friday-Monday, April 22 & 25, 2016

SCIENCE-

• FRIDAY----

IT'S EARTH DAY Y'ALL!!! 

WHAT do YOU DO to HELP THE ENVIRONMENT & MOTHER EARTH?!?!?!

• Warm-up- get into groups of 3 and grab the packet.
• Each group will be working in a group to "discover" fossils as the "days" go by in the simulation activity of a paleontological dig called FOSSIL FIND!
• DIRECTIONS and more for those of you who were absent! 
• Links - 
• Lesson plan- http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/gr.fs.fd.html
• student sheet-
• https://docs.google.com/a/ggl.summit.k12.co.us/document/d/1h_WAMQCMzj7swPqqzG_6nBd8mHZNfZnXx1dzOEfwNUc/edit?usp=sharing

MONDAY---

1. We finished the FOSSIL FIND Questions and discussed!!
2. We then prepped for the SKULL LAB-
• Warm-up- Google a definiton for HOMINID nad write in the google doc delivered via google classroom!

• Google to find a definition for hominid
• Discuss definitions, comparing responses.

EARLY HOMINID DEVELOPMENT----

2. Fill out the following table by taking ONE note PER VIDEO, on the following topic: EARLY HOMINID DEVELOPMENT (delivered via google clasroom):

• Evolution - Becoming Human (Donald Johanson) slides
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HphLBNGCBNk
• Hominid Evolution: The Early Stages
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08-VODgEKLY
• The rise of bipedalism in early hominids
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWE1yifmRVU
• Facts about Human Evolution
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROwKq3kxPEA#aid=P9EfpfZuVfo
• Skullcast: comparison of hominin skulls
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCCV96DoTa4
• This one shows how they determine the shape of the face (there is no sound):    how its made - forensic facial reconstruction
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GafuXkLFaY

Tuesday-Thursday, April 19-21, 2016

SCIENCE--

TUESDAY- Today we worked on our Evolution Study Guides, which hardcopies were handed out AND delivered in g classroom for those who have been absent!

WEDNESDAY- We played an Evolution REVIEW GAME!!! STUDY STUDY STUDY for the test TOMORROW!!!!!!!

• HW- EVOLUTION TEST THURSDAY, 4/21! STUDY STUDY STUDY!!!

THURSDAY- We took the EVOLUTION TEST TODAY!!!

Friday, April 8, 2016

SCIENCE-

• Today we started a study guide for the evolution unit. This has been delivered via google classroom and hardcopies were also handed out!!!
• ANSWER KEYS will be delivered via g classroom by the end of school WEDNESDAY!!!
• HW- EVOLUTION TEST THURSDAY, APRIL 21!!!!

Monday-Thursday, April 4-7, 2016

SCIENCE-

• Well that's it, the tournament of extinction is DONE!!! Everyone did great and created some very interesting species!!!
• Monday-We read from the textbook about Natural Selection and completed the sheet below (I am chromebook-less for now due to testing!):
• https://docs.google.com/a/ggl.summit.k12.co.us/document/d/1vb_BwI4NdyK6K_pGmXmffO8IwN0kOXvrVvptZbAb4n4/edit?usp=sharing
• Tuesday/Wednesday-We the read from the book about Evidence of Evolution and filled out the attached worksheet:
• https://docs.google.com/a/ggl.summit.k12.co.us/document/d/1tnrtNwWmB_0W7ucoTcxjzgk0y9r4-Hj-OhHvT0u1AuU/edit?usp=sharing
• Wednesday-We then started watching some vids about natural selection and evolution put out by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute:
• link to video collection here: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/making-fittest