Question of the Day:

• What is correlation?
• What are you most excited about this weekend?

Objective:

• Show an understanding of geologic time

Activities:

• Unit Test

Homework:

• None

Question of the Day:

• What are two things you learned this unit?
• What are two causes of mass extinction?

Objective:

• Students will be able to create a fossil record

Activities:

• Part 1 of our Unit Test

Homework:

• None

Question of the Day:

• What is morphology?
• How is an index fossil different from a regular fossil?

Objective:

• Students will show what they have learned in our geologic time unit

Activities:

• Unit Review

Homework:

• Study for our test!!! It’s tomorrow!!!

Question of the Day:

• How do adaptations help to increase the biodiversity of organisms on Earth?
• Give 2 specific pieces of evidence scientists have to show change over time?

Objective:

• Students will be able to explain the main concepts taught in our Geologic Time Unit

Activities:

• Continue working on the unit study guide
• Review quizlet

Homework:

• Study guide is due at the beginning of class tomorrow.  If you do not have the study guide complete and correct, you will not have the opportunity to retake the test.

Question of the Day:

• What was the best part of your weekend?
• What might it mean if there is a gap in a fossil record?

Objective:

• Students will be able to answer questions using cited text from a scientific article

Activities:

• Science article questions (the first 4 questions, NOT the essay)
• Make sure all assignments from this first unit are turned in
• Begin working on the study guide for our unit test which is this THURSDAY

Homework:

• Article questions if you did not finish them in class

Go BROWNS!!!!!

Question of the Day:

• What is one structure and its function that we see on a horse?
• What are you most excited about for this weekend?

Objective:

• Students will be able to tell when mass extinctions take place from a fossil record

Activities:

• Fossil Record activity

Homework:

• Enjoy your weekend!!

Question of the Day:

• In what type of environment did the horse live in the past?
• Why would the foot changing shape be beneficial for the horse?

Objective:

• Students will understand why organisms change over time

Activities:

• E-vocab
• Turn in horse evolution activity
• Complete and turn in webquest
• Begin Fossil Record and Mass Extinctions activity

Homework:

• None

Question of the Day:

• Which animal are whales most closely related to?
• What are the definitions of structure and of function?

Objective:

• Students will understand why mass extinctions have taken place in the past.

Activities:

• Finish the Horse Evolution activity and turn it in
• Work on Mass Extinction webquest

Homework:

• Both Horse Evolution activity and webquest must be done by class tomorrow

Question of the Day:

• What are two pieces of evidence scientists have to show whales changed over time?
• How did the environment cause the evolution of the whale?

Objective:

• To understand how scientists can tell through fossil evidence how different organisms are related

Activities:

• Part 3 of the Whales:Walking in the Past activity
• Make sure all three parts of the Whales activity are complete and turn it in
• Begin on the Changes in Horse Fossils Over Time activity

Homework:

• Any part of the Whales: Walking in the Past activity (all must be complete and turned in)

Question of the Day:

• Name two adaptations that occured in whales over time
• What was the best part of your weekend?

Objective:

• Students will be able to read a scientific article and write using text evidence

Activities:

• Monday Writing-Essay from the Thornton fossil article in Google Classroom
• Continue working on Whale article

Homework:

• Monday Writing article if you do not finish it in class