Um may be the atomic symbol for confusion, but it won't be needed in this lesson. Scholars rotate through seven stations completing experiments, hands-on activities, writing exercises, and analysis. Stations include material on homologous structures, Darwin's finches, natural selection, animal adaptations, fossils, and comparative anatomy. This is the first lesson in a series of two.

Concepts

adaptations, evolution, camouflage, natural selection, dna, fossils, mimicry, reproductive isolation, resistance, vestigial structures

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Offer a rubric for grading the essays assigned at the end of some of the stations

Classroom Considerations

• Groups should be at each station for 20 to 25 minutes and may need to be reminded to keep to that time frame
• Some activities are to be completed in groups and some are individual, so carefully consider where you set up each station with this in mind
• Station one requires running water
• The first lesson in a series of two​

Pros

• Includes extension ideas appropriate for all students
• Provides multiple strategies for differentiation

Cons

• Does not include an answer key
• Missing some of the required pictures for station seven

Common Core

RST.9-10.3 RST.11-12.3