Anticipation Guide Module 1

 Reading: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gbEkh-A-KRTIYdwVEbX4p3U9FoEEqPRG/view?usp=sharing

Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16bml2aNs6vJe2LMcyEjOpW5jYHHST0HwE8AeLNBQGDQ/edit?usp=sharing


Directions for Anticipation Guide: Before you read the article on Whale Evolution, read the statements in the table below. In the second column labeled Before reading the passage, I…, you will write “A” if you agree with the statement and “D” if you disagree with the statement. At the end of the reading you will do the same in the third column labeled After reading the passage, I…. Lastly, you will identify what paragraph, 1-6, supports your answer in the third column.


Statement

Before reading the passage, I…

After reading the passage, I…

Supporting paragraph

Fossils can tell Scientists what an animal ate and how it moved.




The size and orientation of a fossil helps Scientists appropriately age fossils.  




Modern-day whales evolved from other marine mammals.




Early whales show evidence of giving birth on land. 




As whales have evolved, the hindlimbs became smaller as stronger tails developed.





(1) Why did you choose the strategy?

I believe the Anticipation Guide works best for this article because several evolutionary examples are given to students but not one where the phylogenetic tree leaves one biome for another. At this point students review giraffe evolution and walk through horse evolution. In both cases the organism stays roughly in the same area, and as the area changes around the organism as the organisms adapt to better fit the area. Whales start as land mammals and enter marine environments. This change begins to question the student's understanding of evolution. 

(2) How do you anticipate it will impact deeper learning? 

I believe students seeing a phylogenetic tree to change so drastically will better drive the concept home how organisms better evolve to better fit in their environment. The body morphology of early whales are drastically different from modern whales as hindlimbs and pelvic bones become vestigial. These ideas will challenge the student's understanding and encourage them to think more critically. 

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