Happy Last Friday!!!!

Question of the Day:

• What are you most looking forward to this summer?

Objective:

• Understand how adaptations help organisms to survive

Activities:

• Finish presentations

Question of the Day:

• What is a prediction?
• What are two things you can use to make a prediction about the future environment?

Objective:

• Students will be able to understand adaptations and how they help organisms survive.

Activities:

• Presentations
• Galapagos Islands video (morning)

Homework:

• None

Question of the Day:

• What are two things you learned from completing the moth simulation last Thursday?

Objective:

• Students will understand how the environment changing causes organisms to adapt.

Activities:

• Project presentations

Question of the Day:

• What is the definition of a variation?
• What were the two variations of tusks in the elephants that we read about?

Objective:

• Students will be able to explain how the environment causes organisms to change over time.

Activities:

• Work on final project “Change over time”

Homework:

• Project is due at the beginning of class tomorrow, no exceptions!!

Question of the Day:

• What was the best part of your weekend?
• How can we predict what the future environment will be like?

Objective:

• Students will be able to explain how the environment causes organisms to change over time.

Activities:

• Work on final project “Change over time”

Homework:

• Project must be completed by the beginning of class next Wednesday

Question of the Day:

• What are two other animals (besides elephants) that humans impact on this Earth and say how we impact them.

Objective:

• Students will be able to explain how the environment causes organisms to change over time.

Activities:

• Begin final project “Change over time”

Homework:

• Project must be completed by the beginning of class next Wednesday

 

Question of the Day:

• Why would a tuskless elephant survive longer than an elephant with tusks?
• What is something humans could do to save the elephant population?

Objective:

• Students will understand how the adaptation of camouflage helps species to survive

Activities:

• Peppered moth simulation and questions (in google classroom)

Homework:

• Complete and turn in peppered moth activity and questions if not done in class

Question of the Day:

• What are two ways elephants have adapted to be able to live in Africa?

Objective:

• Students will be able to explain the benefits of adaptations in animals.

Activities:

• Elephants under attack

Homework:

• Complete Elephant activity if you did not complete it in class.

Question of the Day:

• Why does the male penguin watch the egg?
• What is one difference between the Emperor Penguin and the Galapagos Penguin?

Objective:

• Students will be able to explain how adaptations have helped penguins to survive in harsh conditions

Activities:

• Complete March of the Penguins

Homework:

• None

Question of the Day:

• What was the best part of your weekend?
• What are two ways the birds on the Galapagos islands have adapted to survive?

Objective:

• Students will be able to explain how penguin adaptations are related to where they live.

Activities:

• Some Like It Hot reading and comparison activity
• Begin March of the Penguins if time allows

Homework:

• Make sure Some Like It Hot reading and comparisons are done if you did not finish in class.