Evolution and Adaptation

Details

June 25, 2012 - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

June 26            - 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Fee: $45         

12 hours

Instructors: Alan Goldstein, Interpretive Naturalist, Falls of the Ohio State Park

Doug McCoy, Assistant Curator of Education, Louisville Zoo

Limit: 25 educators

This is a two day professional development in collaboration between the Falls of the Ohio State Park and Louisville Zoo. It is geared for teachers for grades 5 – 12.

$45 registration fee payable in advance by June 15

Checks should be made out to the Falls of the Ohio Foundation and sent to 201 West Riverside Dr., Clarksville, IN 47129, put 'E & A' in the memo field.

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Call Alan at 812-280-9970, ext. 403 to pay by credit card, Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM.

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Cash – Call before you come and pay.

Everything you need to know (and feel free to ask questions)

When you arrive...

Get a pay-to-park envelope, tear of the part for your dashboard and bring the envelope in to the receptionist. (No fee is necessary.)

Please check in at the reception desk in the lobby. We will meet in our library / classroom at the far end of the exhibit gallery. Instructions for meeting on day 2 will be provided on the first day.

What to wear...

We will be largely indoors, though a walk on the fossil beds and through a portion of the zoo is scheduled. We don't recommend open-toed shoes at the Falls.

Lunch...

You are welcome to brown bag it, but if you chose to go to a fast food establishment, please note that our lunch break is exactly one hour and we start on time!

If you cannot meet these requirements please consider another of our teacher workshops:

1.) If you teach below grade 5, the content will not be suitable for your curriculum.

2.) If you cannot make it on both days.

3.) If you do not teach science.

The agenda (subject to modification) is as follows:

Day 1 - June 25 –Falls of the Ohio State Park

8:45–9:00          Participants arrive (Evolution pre quiz)

9:00- 9:10          Introduction

9:10 - 9:45         Discussion: What is Science?

9:45-10:15         Pendulum Activity

10:15-10:30       Break

10:30-11:00       Hypothesis Activity (Dogs and Turnips)

11:00-12:00       Evolution – Seeking Evidence on the Fossil Beds

12:00-1:00         Lunch

1:00-1:30           What’s a billion?

1:30-2:00           Old Water

2:00-2:15           Break

2:15-3:00           Sequencing Time

3:00-3:45           Resources – part 1; More discussion

3:45-4:00           Day 1 workshop concludes

                     Hypothesis Activity                                            Exploring the Fossil Beds 

Day 2 - June 26 –The Louisville Zoo

8:30 –8:45         Meet at Front Gate/Walk to Classroom

8:45 – 9:00        Review what was covered in previous days activities.

9:00 – 9:45        Reconstructing History Activity

9:45 – 10:30      Begin Discussion on History--Natural Selection (At Giraffe House)

10:30–10:45      Break

10:45 – 12:00    Classification Activity—Relating what defines a species and

                            proper understanding of  Adaptation.

12:00 – 1:00      Lunch

1:00 – 1:50        Finch Beak Activity (Its in the Genes)

1:50 – 2:00        Break

2:00 – 2:45        Clip Bird Activity

2:45 – 3:15        Wind-up Discussions

3:15 – 3:30        Post-Quiz & Evaluations 

Presented by Alan Goldstein and Doug McCoy

                         Clipbird Activity                                           Classification Activity

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Created February 16, 2012