10/8/18 PLC Minutes

Members Present: Baker, McCandless, Montgomery, Wise, Vermillion

1. Unit 3 Planning- Evolution
   a. Lesson 1 Finch lab- Graphing and fun
   b. Schedule
     i. Only 6 species in the folder
     ii. Weds/Thurs Oct 10/11: Finch Lab
     iii. Friday Oct 12: Cladogram Introduction (copy of Cladogram PPT link)
     iv. Monday Oct 15: Evidence for Evolution Packet
     v. Tuesday Oct 16: Evidence for Evolution Packet
     vi. Weds/Thurs Oct 17/18: Evidence for evolution with species folders
          - Fact Sheet
          - Evidence
      vii. Friday Oct 19: Present cladograms (Backpack Worthy artifact)
      viii. Monday Oct 22: Reading on Madagascar- Geographic Impact on Speciation
          - Stabilizing bell curve
          - Disruptive bell curve
          - Directional bell curve
      ix. Tuesday Oct 23: Classification Notes
      x. Weds/Thurs Oct 24-25: Endangered Species/ Human Impact Poster/Ad Campaign
      xi. Friday Oct 26: Presentations (Backpack Worthy artifact)
      xii. Week of Halloween: Unit Test on Nov 2/Catch Up/ Enrichment/ Achieve3000
2. Unit 4: Cells and Body after Halloween
    a. Next Gold Day- Planning session on Unit 4