SESSION 7

Engage

Explore

Explain

Part A: 

Questioning

Part B: 

Building on Prior Knowledge

Part C: 

Using Technology

Elaborate

Evaluate

About the Teachers

Resources

Facilitator Notes

SESSION 7: How Can You Use Active Learning to Teach Evolution?

Explain Part B: Building on Prior Knowledge

Ms. Havlik and Ms. Chen organized their lessons to build on students' prior knowledge. Watch the Evolution Case Study video segment "Havlik: Sickle Cell" as her students make the connection between sickle cell anemia and malaria. Also watch the Evolution Case Study video segment "Coding Beak Mutations," in which Ms. Chen's students use what they learned about mutations prior to class to code mutation for offspring's beaks.

Havlik: Sickle Cell View in: QuickTime | Real Player		Coding Beak Mutations View in: QuickTime | Real Player

Now consider how each teacher designed her lesson to link to students' prior knowledge.

Facilitator Note 4

Next: Explain Part C: Using Technology