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Population Genetics

This introductory online experience will involve the student in collaborative online data collection and analysis about inheritable traits such as attached ear lobes and hitchhiker's thumb. Students will collect data in class, and also in their school classrooms, and post their data online. This project will develop computer skills and demonstrate the use of technology in the science classroom.

Antarctica

There are four learning projects within our unit on Antarctica. We will explore how and why Antarctica and its ice is a predictor of Global Climate change. In two content lectures and various classroom activities, students will learn the terminology of glaciers, iceberg and polar ice cap science, as well as understand the math and science underlying water density. They will prepare a group presentation on an Antarctic topic formated for classroom application. And they will respond to an ethical issue in Global Climate Change by chating with an Antarctic scientist, and predicting future global outcomes. The projects are as follows:

1. Antarctica Concept Map- students will develop their own concept map based on their prior knowledge of Antarctica, and then revise and expand their concept map during the Antarctica Unit. Concept Map will be due on March 1.
2. Antarctica Guided Reading-

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