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On January 26, 2010, students participated in a lesson on the processes of science titled: Scientists in Action. We watched these two video clips: The Tale of the Peacock and Ancient Farmers of the Amazon
On February 1, 2010, Students wrote down the following questions in the Journal Section of their binders: 1. How does the scientific meaning of a term like theory differ from the way it is used in everyday life? 2. Can the "facts" of science change over time? 3. Who was Charles Darwin? 4. How did public opinion of his day affect Charles Darwin's willingness to publish the Origin of Species? Students may watch and review the video clips Isn't Evolution Just A Theory? and Who Was Charles Darwin? at this web site: On February 17, 2010, Students wrote in their Journals the answer to the questions: What is Natural Selection? and Why is the relationsip between the toxic newts and the garter snakes considered an evolutionary arms race? They watched a video called Toxic Newts that can be found at this link: They also watched the video clip titled How Does Evolution Really Work? that can be found at this link: On February 17, 2010, As part of the Chicken Wings and Batters' Arms activity, students watched the video clip Common Past, Different Paths, which can be found at this link: On February 19 and 22, 2010, to understand the Whale's Tale project, students watched the video clip titled How Does Evolution Really Happen? that can be found at this link: and part of the video Part 1 of Walking with Prehistoric Beasts to see how the Ambulocetus lived. To understand the characteristics of a modern whale, students watched 3 video clips: Alaskan Whales (which can be found as a file on bottom of this web page), Whale Song (which can be found at this web site and Dolphins Blowing Bubble Rings (which can be found on my podcast link). On March 3 and 4, 2010 students looked at a variety of videos and web sites about human evolution: Human Evolution Multimedia Students watched a video clip: Did Humans Evolve? The video clip can be found at this web page: Students also watched this video clip: Becoming a Fossil. The video can be found at this web page: Human evolution was demonstrated by observing this online activity: This online National Geographic article contains a video clip that tells about Ida, the 47-million-year-old fossil This web site has a video about the oldest fossil skeleton of a human ancestor:
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B.S. Biology, University of Utah
M.S. Biology, University of Utah
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