ATAMS
BLAST DIGITAL AGENDA
KAUFFMAN
7 December 2011
9 – 11 COLLEGE
PREP BIOLOGY
DO NOW:
Start working on your project OR if you are finished, on your Achieve 3000 as described in the individual
station assignment.
California
Standards:
7a-d: The frequency of an allele in a gene pool of a population depends on many factors and may be stable
or unstable over time.
8a-e: Evolution is the result of genetic changes that occur in constantly changing environments.
Essential
Questions:
What is evolution? How does it occur? How does it compare to adaptation? What role does natural
selection or artificial selection play? Why is geographic isolation key in evolution?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR STUDENTS:
Given:
A list of questions, the common and scientific names for an organism that the students
choose, and their computers
the learner create a digital presentation discussing evolution, natural selection, and adaptation about a
will:
native California species
by:
analyzing the differences between an endemic species and a related species in the US,
proposing possible causes for those differences (natural selection forces), and predicting
what types of changes might result in the future due to climate change
Assessment: Achieve 3000
Individual Instruction:
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Log in using common login
(https://atams.edelements.com)
Click on Achieve 3000
Click on the Biology link on the left
hand side
Click on the Biological Evolution
link on the right hand side
Take the vocabulary quiz for
“Theory of Evolution” (already
assigned)
Read the passage on “Theory of
Evolution” and take the Achieve
3000 quiz on that passage.
Take the vocabulary quiz for
“Formation of New Species,” read
through the passage, and take the
Achieve 3000 quiz on that passage.
Note: your PSP will be collected
next week. If it is not up to date,
you have until Monday/Tuesday of
next week to get it up to date.
Direct Instruction:
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Work on your project first. If you are
finished with your project, work on
the Achieve 3000 work described in
Individual Instruction. It is due
tomorrow as well.
Collaborative Station:
• Finish your project.
• Evaluate your own progress against the
rubric provided on the biology home
page
content_rubric_Biology_Semester_1_P
roject.pdf.
Mandatory Biology Tutoring
• If you (do/did) not attend tutoring on Monday
afternoon for biology, you must attend 2 hours of
tutoring either:
– Friday 3:45 PM to 5:45 PM
– Saturday during your off period (people that don’t have
history and are good students)