Table 2 Outline of instructional activities from Day 6 of each teacher’s instructional unit on evolution
From: Decentralized thinking and understanding of evolution in K-12 evolution education
TEACHER A | TEACHER B | TEACHER C | TEACHER D |
|---|---|---|---|
DAY 6 LESSON TOPIC: Natural Selection & Evidence for Evolution | DAY 6 LESSON TOPIC: Natural Selection | DAY 6 LESSON TOPIC: Thoughts and Ideas on Evolution of “Anything” | DAY 6 LESSON TOPIC: Evidence for Evolution & Changes in Populations |
Foldable activity on Natural Selection: Defining fitness, adaptation, survival of the fittest, struggle for existence | Written Warm-Up Questions: Evidence for Evolution, Natural Selection vs. Artificial Selection, Adaptations | Creation of 30-sec. evolutionary music videos (the evolution of any one thing) | Written Warm-Up Questions: Biological fitness, adaptations, overview of natural selection, evidence for evolution |
Teacher relay of information: Evolution of Hawaiian Crickets | Natural Selection Candy Grab Simulation | Teacher-led lecture & presentation; guided notes: Evolution of populations, sources of variation | |
Teacher-led demonstration: Using playing cards to represent gene shuffling |