Thursday 1/24/08

What was done?

1. Corrected Ch 10 Sec 2 Directed Reading packet.
2. Natural Selection virtual lab.
   

What was collected?

1. Ch 10 Sec 2 Reading packet.
   

What was assigned?

1. Nothing.

Wednesday 1/23/08

What was done?

1. Mr. Kang was absent.
2. Students watched Evolution: Darwin's Dangerous Idea.
1. 10 notes.
2. 1 summary paragraph.
   

What was collected?

1. Video notes and summary.
   

What was assigned?

1. Nothing.

Tuesday 1/22/08

What was done?

1. Reading p. 306 - 311.
2. Directed Reading packet.
   

What was collected?

1. Darwin research paper.
   

What was assigned?

1. Complete Reading packet.

Friday 1/18/08

What was done?

1. Computer Lab - Darwin Research.
   

What was collected?

1. Nothing.
   

What was assigned?

1. Darwin Paper is due on Tue 1/22.
   

Thursday 1/17/08

What was done?

1. Mr. Kang was at a science teachers' meeting all day.
2. Students watched NOVA: Dogs and More Dogs
1. 10 notes and summary paragraph.
   

What was collected?

1. Dogs and More Dogs notes and summary.
   

What was assigned?

1. Darwin Report is due Tuesday 1/22.

Wednesday 1/16/08

What was done?

1. Computer Lab - Charles Darwin Internet research.
   

What was collected?

1. Whale Evolution video summary.
   

What was assigned?

1. Darwin Report is due Tuesday 1/22.
   

Charles Darwin Report

Today, you will do an internet research report on Charles Darwin and his conclusions about evolution and natural selection.

Use Microsoft Word to write at least a paragraph about each of the following topic:

1. Write a brief introduction about Charles Darwin. Why is he famous?
   
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3. Write about Darwin's famous voyage on the ship HMS Beagle. Where did go? What did he do? How long did it take him?
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5. Write about the Galapagos Islands and the finches (birds) that lived there. What was interesting about them?
6. 
   
7. Explain selective or artificial breeding. How does it explain the many breeds of dogs? How did this idea affect Darwin?
   
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9. Who was Thomas Malthus and how did his ideas affect Darwin?
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11. Who was Charles Lyell and how did his ideas affect Darwin?
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13. Explain the process of natural selection and how Darwin came up with this idea.
    

Please include illustrations and pictures in your report.