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HMNH Teacher Programs

Exploring the Collections Teacher Professional Development Programs

Each three-hour PD program will cover one classroom lesson. Participants will first experience the lesson as a learner, and then analyze the components with fellow educators to discuss different approaches to the activity. The descriptions reflect what students will ultimately be doing in the classroom or remotely.

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Advance registration is required for these programs.

Activities

Evolution and Adaptation of Frogs

Tuesday and Wednesday, October 20 and 21, 2020

3:30–5:00 pm

Students will examine 3D models of frog specimens from the Museum of Comparative Zoology collections in order to observe and understand adaptations that reflect the environment in which they evolved, and propose how the process of evolution through natural selection resulted in each species’ morphology.

This program is free but a refundable deposit of $50 is required to register.

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Teeth and Temperature: The Evolution of Horses in Response to Environmental Change

Wednesday and Thursday, November 4 and 5, 2020

3:30–5:00 pm

Students will use visual images, 3D-printed fossil horse teeth, and vegetation and climate data, to discern the relationship between climate change and morphological evolutionary change in horses over time.

This program is free but a refundable deposit of $50 is required to register.

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Teeth and Temperature: The Evolution of Horses in Response to Environmental Change

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

9:00 am–12:00 pm

Students will use visual images, 3D-printed fossil horse teeth, and vegetation and climate data, to discern the relationship between climate change and morphological evolutionary change in horses over time.

This program is free but a refundable deposit of $50 is required to register.

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Is it a Snake? Convergent Evolution in Reptiles and Amphibians

Saturday, December 5, 2020

9:00 am–12:00 pm

Through careful inspection and data collection using digital images of Museum of Comparative Zoology specimens, students will explore the concept of convergent evolution in legless reptiles and amphibians.

This program is free but a refundable deposit of $50 is required to register.

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Is it a Snake? Convergent Evolution in Reptiles and Amphibians

Wednesday and Thursday, December 9 and 10, 2020

3:30–5:00 pm

Through careful inspection and data collection using digital images of Museum of Comparative Zoology specimens, students will explore the concept of convergent evolution in legless reptiles and amphibians.

This program is free but a refundable deposit of $50 is required to register.

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