Biology/History

The:
Zoo of Evolution:
Safari Tour:
Compelling Question: Why do evolution and evolutionary theorists matter to our
understanding of the modern world?

RDG 323
Karissa Sarsam
 Welcome!
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Welcome to the Zoo of Evolu
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Safari Tour! This tour will ch
will
you with fun activities which
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help you learn more about ev
Be sure to open the
Safari Journal, then
with
and the people who came up click “Files,” and then
the theories of it! “Make a Copy” so you
have your own version!
the
Before you head out, click on
n
notebook to get your very ow
ready
Safari Journal! When you’re
to enter
to move on, then click lever
the Safari Zone!
Beep Beep! Welcome to the Zoo
of Evolution Safari Tour! We’ll be
your guides through this wild
adventure. To begin, click on the
Ranger Map Sign to see all the
attractions of this Tour!

To get you started, when

you see the map, be sure
to click on Day 1 first, then
Day 2, Day 3, and so on!

Ranger
Map
5. Final
Desert Research Lab 1. Evolution of the
Project Whale
Cave of the
Homo Sapien 2. The “Fathers” of
Evolution

Clade Lake
The Landing Zone
Click the
4. Evolution and Ship to
Society return to
Treehouse the Main
Classroom Slide!
The Jungle Archive
3. Evolutionary
Concepts
DAY 1
Welcome to Clade Lake!
We’ll begin our
adventure here! Click on
the fancy looking diving
machine to get started!

Click here to
return to the main
map at any time!
 Keep up with your
Safari Journal while 2
ep
you compete these St
activities!

p 1
St e

p 3
e
St

Step 4 Need to surface?

Click the diving
machine to head
back!
When you’re
done, click on
the flippers to go
back!
 Compare the correct lineage below to the one you
Check Your Work! created in activity 1. Once you have fully compared,
check out Day 1 in the Safari Journal to answer some
questions!

To move on to
Step 3, click
here!
DAY 2
Welcome to Day 2 everyone! For the first
activity open your notebook and take
notes on all of the different readings.
Click the three links in the notes to get
started! Once you are finished with the
notes click on my friend to take the quiz
over the information you just got!
 You made it to DAY 3
day 3! Click on
the treehouse to
enter our on-site
classroom
EXIT
Step 3
Test your
Step 2 knowledge
of artificial
selection
with this Step 4
tricky
exam!

Step 1
Welcome to the
Treehouse
Classroom! Click on
that Rabbit to get
started!
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Check your Safari Journal and re
the questions Step 2!

Click this helix to

learn more about
natural selection!

Click on the beakers

to learn more about
artificial selection!
 Journal Entry For
1. Daydid3you notice as you changed the genes and environmental
What
conditions of the bunny simulation?
2. What are the essential differences between natural and artificial
selection?
3. Which one do humans play a larger role in? What are some artificially
selected traits in animals?
4. Which Khan Academy Quiz question did you struggle with the most?
What information did you need? Feel free to jot down any other important
information from the readings or
activities that you might find helpful
later!
DAY 4

Welcome to Day 4! We are

about to enter the Zoo
Archive! Click on the
building to see what’s
inside!
 STEP 3

STEP 2
STEP 1
This is the Archive!
Click on the Statue
STEP 4
to get started.
Day 4 Extension

Click on the
screen to watch
an “interesting”
dramatization of
the Scopes Trial!
DAY 5
Welcome to The
Summit! You have
made it to the final
day of the tour!. Click
on the cave to head
inside...

WOOHOO!!
This is the
final day!
Be excited!
 Welcome to the cave, where you will
go back in time to learn about the
Step 4
early ancestors of homo sapiens
(that means YOU!) start with the
human remains!

Check your
2 Safari Journal
Step
again for Steps
1 and 2!

Step 1

3
Step
Need to go back?
Click on me if you’re
too scared.
 This is a clade of our
evolutionary ancestors,
click on any of them to
learn more.