PROJECT CALENDAR

Project: Diversity Monday Tuesday Project Week One

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Science Health

Video Launch: TED Talk by Dean Ornish; Reflection Questions. Journal Entry 1; Process of Process of Evolution Evolution Research Day 1 Research day 2

Process of Evolution Research Day 3; Journal Entry 2 Direct Variations (Sketching My Way Through the Text- Students may use this strategie to work through the word problem at the end of the lesson or word problems in the homework)

Project write up about the four factors of evolution(students will write an article about the four factors of evolution- the Present Research article will then be Information peer-evaluated) Slope-Intercept Form (Sketching My Way Through the Text- Students may use this strategie to work through the word problem at the end of the lesson or word problems in the homework) Quiz: 6 types of society, Case studies: Modern Societies Expert groups Literacy Strat- expert groups, jigsaw reading

Math

Slope/Rate of Change Part 1 Video Launch: Anticipation Guide, Journal entry 1, Intro to Society and Diversity. Literacy Stratbrainstorming

Slope/Rate of Change Part 2

Point-Slope & Standard Form

Social Studies

6 types of societies: society concept map. Literacy StratCluster concept map

Guest Speaker: Anthropologistdiscussing what society is and means, as well as origins

What role does diversity play? Journal 2: compare 6 types with modern societies,

Project Week Two

Science Health

How changing temperature ranges affect natural selectionreading/writing

How changing temperature ranges affect natural selectiondiscussion Journal Darwin's Finches Entry 3 Activity Parallel & Perpendicular Lines Part 2 (EXIT SLIPS-Students will do an exit slip ranking their understanding of the lesson from 1 to 5, 5 being they completely understand)

Focus Group- How does natural selection lead to adaptation of a Guest Speaker; population? Zoologist(Students will discussing mimicry create concept and the maps about predator/prey natural selectionevolutionary these concept relationship; maps will be peerJournal Entry 4 evaluated)

Math

Parallel & Perpendicular Lines Part 1

Social Studies

Intro to Human Migration

Pre-modern History review: Cause & effects, Context

Review Day 1 Linear Functions (KWL for the basis of reviewing, students will decide what they can recall & what they need more support with) Modern Migration: Context, Concept Map: Venn Diagram, Journal 3: Compare Pre and Modern Migrations

Review Day 2 Linear Functions U.S- migration, immigration, and idea of naturalization, interactive immigration map

Quiz on Linear Functions Immigration laws, rights, Journal 4: Immigrant perspectives Double entry journal

Project Week Three

Science Health

Claim- change in environmental conditions may result in increasing the number of individuals of some species- (Students will Jigsaw an Guest Speaker: article about this person from EPA, topic.Students will discussing write what they changing know, what they environmental want to know, and conditions; Journal what they learned Entry 5 about a topic.)

Claim- change in environmental conditions may result in the emergence of new species over time; Journal Entry 6(RAFT about article- letter to the editor)

Claim- change in environmental conditions may result in the extinction of other species (Students will summarize from the video they watch)

Should we be worried about the changing environmental conditions? Why or Why not?- Final paper due, overall group discussion

Math

Social Studies

Scatter Plots & Trend Lines Part 2 (BRAINSTORMING-Students will begin thinking about topics they may want to explore for their Scatter Plots & Measures of Trend Lines Part 1 ELA project) Central Tendency Historical & Field Trip: Modern examples "Grandmother of Civil Action and Intro to Civil Action Power" civil action the Changes in RAFT Activity: Civil Final Project due, and Civil Rights, exhibit at Van Society, Expert Journal 5 Andel Museum Groups, Journal 6 Action Class discussion

Test Review Day (ADMIT SLIPSStudents will begin the class period writing down one Glow (something they are very proficient at) and one Grow (something they need more time and help understanding) and then these will drive the Review day) Unit Test