| Big Ideas: Plant and Animal Diversity / Evolution | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Essential Questions: What types of comparisons can be made between plants and animals? What are the relationships between plants and animals? What is evolution? How are beneficial mutations and natural selection used to understand evolution? What evidence is there for evolution? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vocabulary: plant, animal, ecosystems; Darwin, mutation, natural selection, kinship similarities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Month | Content | Skills | Asessment | Standards | Instructional Activities, Strat |
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| May-June | Organism Diversity/Development: | Formative: | Formal Indiana State Core Standards Are Not Available | Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monera, Protista, and Fungi (Characteristics of Bacteria, Protozoan, and Fungi) | Present a knowledgeable explanation of one of the five main biomes and how plants and animals interact with each other in nature | Student Partipiation and Dialog | However, Some Related State Standards Associated with General Biology Could Apply | Use Technology (ie Simulations/Illustrations/Videos), Various Manipulatives and Word Play | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Plants (Relationships between Plant Groups, Algae, Lower Plants and Higher Plants) | Observe plant (dicot) and animal (chicken) embryos in order to demonstrate diversity among organisms | Study Guide Assignments | Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Animals (Defining Major (5) Features of Animals and Compare Features among Animal Groups) | Lab Practicles and/or Projects | Visit:https://www.in.gov/doe/students/indiana-academic-standards/science-and-computer-science/ | Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chapter Quizzes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evolution: | Reading / Vocabulary Exam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Darwin (Galapagos Islands, Origin of Species, Evolutionary Evidence) | Present a knowledgeable explanation of evolution | Summative: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Historical Principles (Mutation and Natural Selection) | Examine models of Hominids from millions of years of evolution by making comparative observations and developing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kinship Similarities (Convergences, Fossils, Anatomy and Physiology, Embryology, Genetics, Transitions) | hypothetical conclusions about human ancestry | Chapter Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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