Origin and Evolution

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Essential Questions: 

Are birds decended from dinosaurs, or birds and dinosaurs decended from a common ancestor?

What is the evidence for the origin of birds?

 

Habits Of Mind: 

Remember that evolution has occcurred and all organisms share a common ancestor if we go back far enough in time, and new species arrive by naturral selection and speciation over time. 

Content: 

Evidence from proponents of the dinosaur origin theory. 

Evidence from the proponents of the common ancestor theory.

Evidence from the latest findings of new fossils. 

 

Skills and Processes: 

Learn to critically analyze statements of "experts."

Learn to seek reliable evidence to support one's hypothesis. 

Learn that a hypothesis is just that, given no proof. 

Learn that hypotheses and theories can/should change with new evidence.

 

Assessment: 

Unit test. 

Oral and written reports.

Homework projects.