1. Human Evolution

2. 39L 39R Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution 1/20/15
Catalyst: What do you already know about human evolution? What questions do you have?
Reflection:
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4. What evidence can you gather from the Laetoli Footprints?

5. Answer your table discussion questions in your notebook
Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution
1/20/15
Catalyst: What do you already know about human evolution? What questions do you have?
Answer your table discussion questions in your notebook 1. 2. 3. 4.
Reflection:
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6. As a table answer: What creatures probably made the tracks?
How were these creatures moving (walking running etc)?
What interactions, if any, do the tracks suggest?
What is the evidence for your answers?

7. As a class, lets discuss:
Do individuals with longer feet also have longer legs?
Are people with longer legs taller?
Are the number of strides a person takes in a given distance different when he or she is running or walking?
Does the person’s stride length change with speed? Would the same hold true for early homonids?
Can patterns of the present give us clues to patterns of the past?

8. Answer your table discussion questions in your notebook
Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution
1/20/15
Catalyst: What do you already know about human evolution? What questions do you have?
Answer your table discussion questions in your notebook 1. 2. 3. 4.
After the class discussion and article how have your ideas about the Laetoli footprints changed? Explain.
Reflection:
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9. Answer your table discussion questions in your notebook
Fossil Evidence for Human Evolution
1/20/15
Catalyst: What do you already know about human evolution? What questions do you have?
Answer your table discussion questions in your notebook 1. 2. 3. 4.
After the class discussion and article how have your ideas about the Laetoli footprints changed? Explain.
Reflection: If any archeologist discovered your fossilized footprints in your bedroom, draw what it would look like. What about your life would the archeologist discover?
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10. 39L 39R Finding Lucy 1/21/15 Catalyst: Pg 1: Pg 2: Pg 3: Pg 4: Pg 5:
In what ways are modern humans different from our ancestors?
Reflection:
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12. Jigsaw The Reading Each group gets a page! Text tag the article
Create a 2 sentence summary of the page you read.
Write it in your notebook

14. 39L 39R Finding Lucy 1/21/15 Catalyst: Pg 1: Pg 2: Pg 3: Pg 4: Pg 5:
In what ways are modern humans different from our ancestors?
Reflection:
What do you think was the defining adaptation for humans and why do you believe it evolved? (in response to what pressure even)
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