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STANDARD 5 OBJECTIVE 1 and 2  
 
Lesson 1
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY
Questions to think about before beginning this lesson.
1. How does nature determine the traits within organisms?

2. Do you think that environmental changes are always bad for a species or do you think some changes can actually help certain species?
Listen to a podcast.

This simulation is called "Natural Selection." You will explore how the industrial revolution changed the population of moths within an environment as pollution killed lichens found on trees and replaced them with soot. Your job is to listen to a short podcast explaining how to navigate this simulation.

Podcast (4.3 MB - Duration 2:55)

Podcast are available 3 ways

Computer Button

ipad Button

iPhone Button

 

Simulation You will need to login to the simulation "Natural Selection" and while using the learning guide follow through all parts of the simulation. Once you have completed the simulation, complete the five assessment questions below the simulation. Your score will be sent to me so I can record it on Power School.

****Login Explorelearning.com= JaneDo12ns (First name, first two letters of your last name, year you graduate, followed by ns. **Password = *** (School password)
Gizmos Complete the assessment following the simulation on Gizmos.
References ExploreLearning. (2008c). Natural Selection Gizmo. Explorelearning.com. Retrieved on October 6, 2008
from http://www.explorelearning.com.

Leillinger, O. (2006a). Biston.betularia.7200.jpg. Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved on October 28th, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Biston.betularia.7200.jpg.

Leillinger,O.(2006b).Biston.betularia.f.carbonaria.7209.jpg. Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved on October 28th, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Biston.betularia.7200.jp.
 
 
  

 



FEATURED PORTRAIT
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Images of the Biston betularia (top) and the Biston betularia f. carbonaria (bottom)

white moth
Source: Olaf Leillinger (a)
Biston betularia f. carbnaria
Source: Olaf Leillinger (b)

  

STANDARD 5
OBJECTIVE 1
UNIT LESSONS
 



 
TRANSCRIPT OF PODCAST
 
Vocabulary Words