Evolutionary Medicine

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 10.06.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Overview
  3. Rationale
  4. Background
  5. Objectives
  6. Strategies
  7. Classroom Activities
  8. Activity 1:
  9. Activity 2:
  10. Activity 3:
  11. Activity 4:
  12. Activity 5:
  13. Activity 6:
  14. Activity 7:
  15. Activity 8:
  16. Cited References
  17. Annotated Bibliography
  18. Electronic Resources
  19. Student Resources
  20. Appendix—Content Standards

AIDS in The Teenage Community

Deborah Smithey

Published September 2010

Tools for this Unit:

Activity 1:

The behavioral objectives for this activity include: (1) students will learn how and why organisms are placed into groups; (2) students will learn how to describe the organizing schemes of classification key.

Arrange students into groups of two. Distribute pictures of a variety of organisms, including bacteria, protists, fungi, plants and animals. Students will design a basic phylogenetic tree using the pictures. Students will justify their arrangements and copy their phylogenetic tree using words instead of pictures. Students will then use the Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer to visually illustrate the similarities and differences between the kingdoms. The homework assignment that will go in conjunction with this activity includes having the students design a new organism (Colored pencils, markers are required on all diagrams). Students will describe the new organism's structures and its respective functions, habitat, lifecycle, method of reproduction feeding behavior. They have to list organisms to which the new one is related to and give evidence for the relationship.

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