Alien Taxonomy Project and Part 2 How to use a Dichotomous Key Activity

Today students began by writing the Title, TOC, and Chart from the lab Part 2a How to Use a Dichotomous Key.
Then students completed this lab including Questions 1-3.  
Afterwards Students were shown how to make their Taxons for the Alien Project (page 3).
Students should have their Alien Taxonomy Project pages 3-7 completed by WED.  This is due Monday March 7th.

Their lab notebook should look like this:  Reminder it was just graded over the weekend and will be collected again Friday March 11th
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Practice AIR test and Lab Notebook TURN IN

Today students logged into Dashboard and look their practice AIR test for Biology.

Afterwards students had time to complete the post lab questions if needed and
TURN IN THEIR LAB NOTEBOOK for its 2 week grading cycle.

Lastly students had time to work on their ALIEN PROJECT due March 7th.

Part 1 -Who's Most Closely Related

Students completed the lab activity today in their composition notebook.   Part 1- Who's Most Closely Related

Lab Set up and Alien Project

Today students set up for the lab tomorrow.  The lab can be found here:  Part 1- Who's Most Closely Related

Students needed Title, TOC, Purpose, and Chart prepared for the lab as seen here:

Afterwards students were to work on their alien project due 3/7 pages 4-7.  Alien Taxonomy

Practice Air Test

Today students complete an online practice AIR test.  This was linked through Google Classroom with a log in from me.  Upon completion students started working on the Alien Project handed out yesterday, pages 4-7.

Taxonomy

Today we started a new small unit.  Students prepared a new Chapter page in their composition notebooks as seen here:   We also took notes found here:  Taxonomy notes  using this cornell notes sheet:  Taxonomy Cornell Notes
Lastly students were given our next project due March 5th.  We will be working on these in class for the new material and students are to finish the assignments at home.  The project can be found here:  Taxonomy Project

Evidence of Evolution

Today we completed the notes as seen below:

Continuation

Students will be continuing to complete the assignments due Friday before the quiz

Last few days of Evolution

Students will be completing the Evidences of Evolution unit this week.  Students will be working on the following assignments due Friday:

By Friday February 19th:

1. Nova Lab 3 & 4-  show me to grade you please
2. Embryology Sheet-  Turn in
3. Comparative Anatomy Packet- (pgs 4-7) Turn In
4. Evidence of Evolution Fold able
5. Vocab (in lab notebook)

1. Nova lab 5 & 6 (extra Credit)

Nova Lab Evolution Mission 3 and 4

Today students completed nova lab 3 and 4.  Nova Lab Evolution Mission 3 and 4  then completed the vocabulary review from last week.

Nova Lab Evolution Mission 3 and 4

Today students completed nova lab 3 and 4.  Nova Lab Evolution Mission 3 and 4

SNOW DAY

No School Due to Snow

Evidence of Evolution

Today students worked on the Evidence of Evolution sheet, turned it in and worked on review vocabulary from this unit.

The sheet can be found here:  Evidence of Evolution
And the vocab list is:
Macroevolution

Speciation

Reproduction Isolation

Geographic isolation

Adaptive Radiation

Punctuated Equilibrium

Continental Drift

Mass Extinction

Embryology

Geological Time Scale

Radiometric Dating

Half-life

Phylogenetic Tree

Convergent Evolution

Analogous Structures

Cladogram

Derived Character

Biological Species Concept

Google Classroom, ITS ALL IN THE BONES

Today students worked on a Google Classroom assignment called Its all in the bones and turned it in to be graded

Completing of activity and Nova Lab

Today students looked at answering the questions regarding their convergence and adaptive radiation coloring sheets after watching this video:  Evidences of Evolution.   After Pangaea, these organisms were geographically isolated form one another and evolved into many different species.

Students then answered the following questions from the Geographic Distribution and coloring activities:  Its all about the bones- Evidence for Evolution     Students logged into Google classroom and answered these questions and uploaded their answers for me to grade.

Geographic Distrubution

Students completed the Geographic Distribution activity.

Convergence and Geographic Distribution Activity

Warm up notebooks were handed back today in each students 1 or 2nd bell.

Today students finished their coloring sheets, taped them into their notebooks and updated their Table of contents.

Afterwards students started the Geographic Distribution activity: Plate Techtonics Puzzle Pictures are below