Equine Evolution Photos taken from the Washington Natural

Equine Evolution Photos taken from the Washington Natural History Museum Created by A Lammiman

Objective n Explain significant changes along each stage of equine evolution.

Vocabulary n Key Vocab: Equus n Equus caballus n Equine n Evolution n

Draw for a Partner n Move your name tag and your stuff to sit with your partner.

The modern day Horse n What skills does it have?

Why does it have these skills?

Who is this?

Why was there change?

What is evolution? n The accumulatio n of changes over generations

How did the change happen?

Evolution of horses n With you partner go online and search google web under the terms… Equine Evolution n Horse Evolution Write down a few of the article names and what they are about. n

n The fossils in this sequence came from different areas of the world at different times

n Analyze this diagram with your partner

n On the chart I gave you trace the major players. Use a highlighter n What could have caused some of these genus, species and subspecies to die out?

STORY TIME!

Story Requirements Must be in a book form with a title n At least one illustration or cartoon (drawn by you) n You may only use the images in this powerpoint for your story NO OTHER SOURCES n Must read like a bedtime story for a little foal n Try to explain major changes and reasons for them Grading I am grading based on the entire product. I will consider the above list and creativity. This will be a 40 point grade. ***Any story I choose to read to the class will receive 10 points extra credit. n

n Note the size of the info card

Time to write your story

Homework n Fritzy’s family tree

Sponge Finish and submit your story. You have 10 minutes. n Have out Fritzy’s Family Tree so I can stamp it. n

STORY TIME!

Homework: Check your ideas n n n With your book you and your partner search the internet to see if your ideas were correct Make changes to your story, or add missing details with a different color. Turn this in for a 10 point grade. You could use the following sites: n n n http: //www. critters-2 go. com/prehistoric_horses. htm http: //www. talkorigins. org/faqs/horse_evol. html #part 6 Or find you own

In your Cornell Notes List some of the changes you observed. n Discuss reasons for these changes and include the reasons in your notes n

Fritzy’s Family Tree Discuss n Define: Equus, Equus caballus, Equine n