Evolution+-+Discovering+'Ardi'

This is an activity that I created from scratch to kick off my Evolution unit. The first link is to a brief article on CNN.com explaining the discovery of //Ardipithecus// //afarensis//, a new exciting hominid discovery with huge implications for our understanding of human evolution. I assigned this article as pre-lesson homework reading. The second link is to the stellar video documentary created by National Geographic called “Discovering Ardi” (available by searching “Ardi” after logging in to the web site provided). The final link is the packet I created for my kids, which begins with a vocabulary bank with key terms from the documentary that I anticipated they wouldn’t know, guided questions which correlate to the video, and a Venn diagram activity utilizing key knowledge from the documentary. *//Note// – I had to “white-out” the words in the center of the Venn diagram on page 3 of the packet before making copies.

@http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/10/01/oldest.human.skeleton/index.html?iref=allsearch

@http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/