UPDATE:  Mr. Phoenix made worksheets for you guys to use for your assignments.  They are at the links at the bottom of this post. 

 Just in case any Level 6 students have questions about the interactive assignment given today, here are the instructions and link to the site.

Choose One Topic 

Topic:Darwin

Choose: An Origin of Species

Read page one and then click on the green link, “Species Gallery.”  Choose three different groups and then identify the arrival dates of the common ancestor for each group.  Then close that window.

Then click on the blue link at the bottom of the page.  Read page 2 and click through to page 3.

On page three, select two dates from the timeline at the bottom and click.  View the details for each of the four places on the map.  Summarize the information about competition, habitat, food, predators and changes (the last information is at a link just above the timeline.)  Do this for each of the dates you chose.

Topic:  Change

Choose All in the Family

Read and then click on the pink links on pages 1, 2 and 3.

Follow the instructions page 4.  What is the correct answer?

On page five, click on each of the links in the Tools section at the bottom of the window.  Summarize the information from the tools section.

Check your answer and click on the pink link, “what does this have to do with the ‘tree of life’?”  Read and summarize the information on the next two pages, then click on the pink link, “Build another tree.”

Follow the same steps for the next two groups.

Topic: Extinction

Choose:  What Killed the Dinosaurs

Read the introduction and then click on the link, “What happened 65 million years ago?”  Read the next page and then click on the link, “Explore what killed the dinosaurs.”

Choose four (4) different Hypothesis/Evidence combinations by clicking on the brown squares on the chart.  Read the information, watch the animation and then summarize the information for each one.

Topic: Survival

Choose:  Coral Reef Connections

Read the introduction and then click on the link, “Dive now”.

There are three different types of relationships.  Click on each one and read the information about the relationship.  Then identify all of the organisms which have each kind of relationship.

Next, click on the instruction button in the top right corner.  Read and follow the instructions in order to locate more information about the different organisms and their relationship.

Choose two different combinations and summarize the information you read about them.

Also, I will monitor this post over the weekend.  Please ask questions in the comments section, and I will answer them as soon as possible.  You can also use this space to discuss the assignment with your classmates.

Have a great weekend and happy Thanksgiving!

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these files.  If you don’t have it you can get it here. 

Darwin Worksheet – Change Worksheet – Extinction Worksheet — Survival Worksheet