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 * “Adaptations” FOSS Pop. & Eco. Investigation 8 **

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TERMS:
 * Students will know …. **
 * Adaptation, Structural adaptations, Behavioral adaptations, Physiological Adaptation, Feature, Trait, Variation **


 * It’s important to understand that… **


 * 1. Adaptations help organisms survive and reproduce in an environment.**
 * 2. A feature is a structure, characteristic, or behavior of an organism such as eye color, fur pattern, timing of migration.**
 * 3. A trait is a way in which a feature is expressed. (i.e. eye color can be brown or blue)**
 * 4. Variation is the range of expression of a feature within a population such as varied eye color among individuals.**
 * 5. Populations can change over time through adaptations.**


 * Students will be able to…. **
 * 1. Use multimedia simulations to investigate the adaptive value of protective coloration and apply concepts of adaptations, features, traits and variations.**
 * 2. Conduct computer simulated predator / prey interactions over multiple generations to investigate the effect of protective coloration on the color characteristics of a population of walking sticks.**

HOMEWORK

**Quizlet Pop & Eco 8**
Adaptations note sheet

Adaptations modified note sheet for those with an IEP

=__**MILKWEED BUG LOGS**__=

2017 Milkweed Bug Observation Log

2017 Milkweed Bug Observation Data Table

2016 Milkweed Bug Observation Data Table

2015 Milkweed Bug Observation Data Table

Please check out the video below on how to sort data on Google Spreadsheet below. Practice sorting your data for the milkweed bug table by table, period, etc. How to sort your data in Google Spreadsheet

=__**Mini Ecosystem Logs**__=

=2017 Terrarium Data Entry Form=

=2017 Terrarium Data Table=

2016 Terrarium Data Table
=2017 Aquarium Data Entry Form= =**2017 Aquarium Data Table**=

2016 Aquarium Data Table
Please check out the video below on how to sort data on Google Spreadsheet below. Practice sorting your data for the milkweed bug table by table, period, etc. How to sort your data in Google Spreadsheet

=__**LESSON 1**__= =**EQ: What are adaptations and how can we identify them in organisms?**=
 * __Lab Book:__** Pages 49
 * __FOSS Text__**: Pages 42-45

=1.) What are adaptations? View this **//__ADAPTATIONS__// video** to find out? Be able to identify and give examples of the 3 types of adaptations shown in this video.= =**2.) What are the types of adaptations? Copy these definitions into lab book pages 8 & 9.**= = = =**3.) Complete lab book page 49 while watching the video "Strangers In Paradise". See if you can identify the adaptations in the video as Structural, Behavioral, or Physiological.**= =**Strangers in Paradise Clip**=
 * =**__Structural__ - A body structure that helps and organisms survive and reproduce in an environment. __Example__: wings to fly**=
 * =**__Behavioral__ - A behavior that helps and organisms survive and reproduce in an environment. __Example__: hibernation**=
 * =**__Physiological__ - An internal body action that helps and organisms survive and reproduce in an environment. __Example__: venom production in snakes**=

ADAPTATIONS

=__**LESSON 2**__= =**EQ: How does variation in a trait lead to population adaptations?**=
 * __Lab Book:__** Pages 51-53
 * __FOSS Text__**: Pages 42-45

1.) Complete lab book activity (Walkingstick Predation: Bush Environment) pg. 51 Walking Sticks "Eat Insects"

=**Walking Sticks for Ipads**=

2.) Show me your completed page 51.

3.) Complete lab book activity (Five Generations of Walkingsticks) pgs. 52 & 53 Walking Sticks (Find insects in 3 environments)

=**Walking Sticks (3 environments ) for Ipads**=

4.) Show me your completed pages 52 & 53.

**Pepper Moth Animation on Adaptations**
=**How to prepare for the exam.....**=

**1.) Quizlet Pop & Eco 8**
** 2.)__Feature,__ __ Trait or Variation? __** __** How well do you know features, traits, and variations? **__ __** Answers: **__   1F,2T,3T,4F,5V,6T,7F,8V  =**3.) Investigate these games and links:**=
 * A __ **FEATURE** __ is a characteristic that __ **ALL** __ organisms in a species have. // Example: All humans have thumbs. //
 * A __ **TRAIT** __ is a characteristic within a feature that __ **SOME** __ organisms in a species have. // Example: Some humans have double jointed thumbs. //
 * A __ **VARIATION** __ is the range of all the different traits within a feature that organisms in a species have. //Example: Humans have long, thin, and wide thumbs//
 * 1) A hawk has wings. --> Feature, Trait or Variation?
 * 2) Some hawks have wings with short feathers. --> Feature, Trait or Variation?
 * 3) Some humans are very short. --> Feature, Trait or Variation?
 * 4) Humans have height. --> Feature, Trait or Variation?
 * 5) Humans can have eye colors of green, brown, hazel, and blue. --> Feature, Trait or Variation?
 * 6) Some clover has four leaves. --> Feature, Trait or Variation?
 * 7) Clover has leaves. --> Feature, Trait or Variation?
 * 8) Clover may have one, two, three, or four leaves. --> Feature, Trait or Variation?
 * Nowhere to Hide! Game
 * Mission Adaptation Game
 * Build Your Wild Self
 * Awesome adaptation examples
 * Adaptation video
 * What is a trait?
 * Animal Adaptation Game
 * Variation in a population
 * Build fish adaptations