In general these lessons ply an “explore-before-explain” pedagogy, in which students make and interpret observations for themselves as a prelude to formal explanations and the cultivation of key scientific concepts. There are splashes of inquiry and scientific process using authentic data, and students are pressed to think at higher cognitive levels. Instruction is organized around three unifying themes – the macroevolutionary patterns of divergence, convergence, and coevolution – and students learn to interpret diverse biological phenomena of these patterns.
Lesson Plan: The Tasty Blue Mussel
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