Wednesday: Favorable Adaptations

Wednesday: Favorable Adaptations

Hey, hi, and hello! Today students began with their launch, then approached learning in a more independent manner. They were given 2 items: a slip of vocabulary/questions and access to a Popplet. Using the information in the Popplet, students were…

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Finishing Friday| Wrapping Up Comparative Anatomy

Finishing Friday| Wrapping Up Comparative Anatomy

Happy Friday! YES! Today students took their assessment on homologous and analogous structures and evidence for the theory of evolution. I must say, I was VERY pleased with the number of students who met or exceeded the 85% mark! To…

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Thinkin’ Thursday: We’re on a (Web) Quest

Thinkin’ Thursday: We’re on a (Web) …

Hey, hey, hey and happy Pre-Friday everyone! Today students worked on a web quest at the following link: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/similarity_ms_01 *Side note: They have a high school version too, simply replace the “ms” in the link with “hs”. As students worked their…

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Writing Wednesday: Higher Order Processing Questions

Writing Wednesday: Higher Order Processing Questions

Greetings and happy Wednesday to you all! Today students had the opportunity to work on a Writing Wednesday assignment that really required them to think hard and analyze what the questions were asking and what information the diagrams were giving. Students…

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Making Monday Count with Vocabulary

Making Monday Count with Vocabulary

Hi everyone! Today students took a new approach to their vocabulary tasks in order to a) learn the words for the week and b) prepare them for this week’s activities. We were back in our Google Classroom and students had 3…

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