Lesson+Overview

Adaptations & Interactions Unit toc This unit covers material learned in Chapter 1 Section 3 of Environmental Science.

Key Concepts:
 * 1) How do an organisms adaptations help it to survive in its environment?
 * 2) What are the major ways in which organisms in an ecosystem interact?
 * 3) What are the 3 types of symbiotic relationships?

Day 1: Introductions and Schedules - Share Learning Styles Activity: What kind of learner are you? - Break into Groups - Review Schedule and Objectives Activity: Can you hide a Butterfly?

Day 2-3: Natural Selection video - Watch NOVAs "What Darwin Never Knew" - Hand out Adaptations Lab Packets HW: Formulate a hypothesis

Students will be able to... - Describe how organisms acquire adaptations through natural selection by modeling Darwin's finches of the Galapagos. - Measure and record Mass in Grams with aTriple Beam Balance - Calculate Percentages - Plot there Data on a Graph with GoogleSpreadsheets - Share their results with the class and Analyze the trends in data

Acquiring Adaptations through Natural Selection - Review Safety Procautions - Review Roles and Rules -