Evolution 3BIbDF05-06-07 2016
Book
The work will be based on the lecture of "Your Inner Fish", Neil Shubin, Vintage ISBN 978-0-307-27745-9.
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Format
- for each chapter, collaborative work between three groups of students of my 3 bilingual classes
- production of a written document.
Written part
Work by groups of two in class and at home… Each group will work on a particular chapter…
At the same time, three groups of students from the 3 classes will work on the same wiki page (chapter) as you. This will implicate that you'll have to collaborate with the two other groups for the production of the written document. = interclass approach.
Goal? For each group, the main goal will be to highlight and describe the main points of the chapter you are studying.
How? Inquiry Based Learning: Inquiry implies involvement that leads to understanding. Furthermore, involvement in learning implies possessing skills and attitudes that permit you to seek resolutions to questions and issues while you construct new knowledge.
(from http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html).
You'll have to read the chapter, and raise questions and then answer them to build a final written document that will be published.
Evaluation
This work will be evaluated... but only during the semester exam. The role of the written part is for you to put together the main ideas of each chapter in a collaborative manner. These summaries will help you to read in a second step the whole book in an easier manner and maybe to have a better understanding of some tricky points.
The semester exam in June will be an oral exam. You'll pick up a question on the book and will have 15 minutes of preparation and then 15 minutes of presentation and discussion.
As you can see, there is a step-by-step procedure: first a chapter analysis and synthesis, then some time to read the written document and the entire book and then finally an oral exam on the entire book
Hope it's gonna work! It's up to you... and me!
Chapters
- 3BIbDF05/3BIbDF06/3BIbDF07
- 1. YIF2016_Chap1 - Finding Your Inner Fish: Students/Students/Students
- 2. YIF2016_Chap2 - Getting a Grip: Students/Students/Students
- 3. YIF2016_Chap3 - Handy Genes: Students/Students/Students
- 4. YIF2016_Chap4 - Teeth Everywhere: Students/Students/Students
- 5. YIF2016_Chap5 - Getting Ahead: Students/Students/Students
- 6. YIF2016_Chap6 - The Best-Laid (Body) Plans: Students/Students/Students
- 7. YIF2016_Chap7 - Adventures in Bodybuilding: Students/Students/Students
- 8. YIF2016_Chap8 - Making Scents: Students/Students/Students
- 9. YIF2016_Chap9 - Vision: Students/Students/Students
- 10. YIF2016_Chap10 - Ears: Students/Students/Students
- 11. YIF2016_Chap11 - The Meaning of It All: Students/Students/Students
- 12. YIF2016_Epilogue - Epilogue: Students/Students/Students
References
- http://evolution.berkeley.edu/
- http://darwin-online.org.uk/
- http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/
- http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/variation/related/
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