The students will become detectives and search for facts that they find interesting or important. In addition, they will search for clues that describe why they found these ideas so engaging while viewing the PBS Learning Video entitled The Mysterious Hammerheads. After watching the video, make a class list of the ideas students identified leading to a class discussion concerning physical and behavioral adaptations. Students will then complete the CSI thinking routine to describe their knowledge on the mystery of animal adaptations.
This thinking routine is being used to have students identify essential ideas in a nonverbal methodology. When choosing the color, symbol, and image, students are being required to thinking metaphorically and connecting new ideas to prior knowledge. This lesson is connected to the learning objectives as the students are analyzing how behavioral and physical adaptations allow species to survive in their environment. Students will complete the nonverbal portion of this thinking routine by using Google Docs.