Exploring the Tree of Life
Exploring the Tree of Life: Monday, July 13 – Friday, July 17, 2015
The Tree of Life provides an excellent backdrop and informative model for many of the complex and interrelated topics in the secondary science classroom. This workshop highlights some of the most significant research at the University of Florida, using classroom-appropriate activities and authentic experiments to introduce the processes, findings, and applications in areas such as biotechnology, biodiversity, genetics, evolution, and ecology. Teachers will examine life processes from the molecular level to whole systems of both living and extinct taxa using varied techniques such as biotechnology, field studies, and approaches in evolutionary biology that complement the State and National Science Standards, FCAT, and Florida Biology End of Course exam. We will use research methods and equipment, as well as activities and experiments, appropriate for middle and high school classrooms.
Monday, July 13 8:30am-5pm Breakfast provided Location: All day – Health Science Center Communicore Room MDL1D
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8:30am: Health Science Center Communicore Room MDL1D
Welcome and overview of the week
Presentation: Phylogenetics and the Open Tree of Life
Activity: The Great Clade Race 12:00-1:00pm: Lunch on own 1:00pm-5:00pm: HSC MDL1D Activity: Tree of Life Presentation: Going Ape! Florida’s Battles over Evolution in the Classroom
Station rotations: Go Extinct!, What did T. rex taste like?
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Tuesday, July 14 8am-5pm; 7-9pm Breakfast on own Location: Morning – Thomas Farm Afternoon – Health Science Center Communicore Room MDL1D Evening – Keys Library |
8:00am – 12pm Fossil dig at Thomas Farm
12:00-1:00pm: Lunch on own. Activity: Geological time scale Activity: Chewing on Change: Exploring the Evolution of Horses in Response to Climate Change
7:00pm-9:00pm: Come to the Keys Library to make your Lesson 3 poster |
Wednesday, July 15 9am-5pm Breakfast on own Location: All day – Health Science Center Communicore Room CG-056 (MDL1D)
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9:00am-12:00pm: HSC MDL1D
Horse evolution Lesson 3 Gallery walk and presentationsHorse evolution Q & A
Tour of the vertebrate paleontology collection, FLMNH Dickinson Hall 12:00-1:00pm: Lunch on own. 1:00-5:00pm: HSC MDL1D Presentation: Primate Biomechanics
Activity: Hands on Human Evolution: A Laboratory Based Approach
Homework: Work on action plan and lesson plan |
Thursday, July 16 9:00am-5:00pm Breakfast on own Location: (drive self/car pool) Morning – Entomology Building Afternoon –Fifield, FLMNH
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9:00am-11:45am Room 2218, Entomology and Nematology Building Interactive presentation: Insect Diversity
12:00pm-12:45pm Lunch provided. 1-2pm: Room 2316 Fifield Hall Presentation: Plant Pathogens and the Evolution of Virulence
2:30-5:00pm: Florida Museum of Natural History, Powell Hall
Homework: Work on action plan and lesson plan |
Friday, July 17 Breakfast provided Lunch provided Location:All day – Keys |
9:00am – 1:00pm: Keys Library
9am-10am: Tree building activity – 3D mobile trees 10am-11am: Program wrap-up (evaluations, post-test, group photo) 11am-1pm Action plan/lesson presentations
Grab lunch for the road, have safe trip home, and a great school year! |