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Incorporates some key JC skills

(MI&T) = Managing Info & Thinking

(C) = Communicating

(BL) = Being Literate

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BW3: Students should be able to outline evolution by natural selection and how it explains the diversity of living things

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Links to other Strands and Learning Outcomes

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Important to place an emphasis on the JC key skills in the lesson in order to create capable, well-rounded students

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LP1: Resource 1

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Charles Darwin - The Theory Of Natural Selection

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Worksheet to accompany Charles Darwin Video

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Worksheet to accompany Charles Darwin Video

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LP1: Resource 2

These questions encourage students to research, comprehend, and analyze Darwin’s theory of evolution, while also developing communication skills and personal insights—all essential components of the Junior Cycle CBA 1 assessment.

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LP1: Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution

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LP1: Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution

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This lesson poses questions designed to engage students in a range of CBA 1 skills, from research and analysis to critical thinking, communication, and personal reflection, all aligned with deepening their understanding of evolution and its relevance today. Incorporating lots of JC key skills and opportunities for personal development.

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This link should help Student 1 with completing their research topic for the Jigsaw.

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Explaining Charles Darwin’s finches and how the study of them on the Galapagos Islands and South American mainland led to the theory of evolution.

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This video should help Student 2 with completing their research topic for the Jigsaw.

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What Happened After Theory of Evolution Was Published

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This video should help Student 3 with completing their research topic for the Jigsaw.

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This article should help Student 4 with completing their research topic for the Jigsaw.

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Photograph courtesy of Biophoto Associates/Science Source

Alfred Russel Wallace was born in Wales in 1823. He has been described variously as a naturalist, a geographer, and a social critic. He even weighed in on the debate as to whether or not life could exist on Mars. However, what he is best known for is his work on the theory of natural selection.

Like fellow naturalist and colleague Charles Darwin, Wallace traveled the world, observing and collecting samples of species. He traveled to Brazil and various islands of the Malay Archipelago that make up modern-day Indonesia and the Philippines, where he collected thousands of specimens of insects, birds, and other animals. After four years in Brazil, Wallace fell ill and decided to return home to England. But 26 days into their voyage home, his ship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic. Wallace's team and the ship's crew spent 10 days adrift before being picked up by a passing ship, and all of Wallace's notes and samples were lost at sea.

Despite this setback, Wallace set off on another voyage in 1854 to Southeast Asia to collect more samples. By 1855, his observations led him to the conclusion that living things change over long periods of time-they evolve. However, he could not explain how or why they evolve. Then, in 1858, while still in Southeast Asia, he became ill again. Wracked with a fever, he suffered hallucinations, but when the fever broke, the answer came to him-species evolve by adapting to their environment!

Wallace knew Darwin was working on similar research. In 1858, he sent Darwin a letter outlining his ideas about evolution. The two collaborated on a scientific paper, discussing their evidence for natural selection and evolution.

In 1859, Darwin published his book On the Origin of Species, which presented his theory of natural selection to a broader audience. The theory of evolution by natural selection became known as Darwin's theory. Though Wallace's contributions to the study of evolution were considerable, they are often forgotten.

Wallace spent eight years studying and collecting biological specimens in Southeast Asia. During that time, he gathered over 125,000 specimens. His research on the geographic distribution of animals provided critical support for his evolutionary theories and led him to draw a boundary line through Southeast Asia that divides Asian and Australian animal groups. Wallace's Line, as it was later named, runs from the Indian Ocean to the Philippine Sea. It signifies the unexpected distribution of animals on either side of the line. Several mammal, bird, and fish species are found in abundance on one side of the line and only in small numbers, or not at all, on the other side.

Wallace wrote over 20 books and published more than 700 articles and letters on a wide variety of topics. He died in 1913 at the age of 90.

National Geographic Society

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When most of us think about natural selection, we attribute that theory to naturalist Charles Darwin. However, what most people do not know is that another scientist, Alfred Wallace, a naturalist, a geographer, and a socialist, also deserves some credit for the theory.

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This article should help Student 4 to complete their research topis for the Jigsaw.

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(1744–1829). The man who coined the word biologie (biology) and one of the pioneers in that field was a French scientist named Lamarck. He is remembered most for his theory…

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Giving students an idea of what will be expected of them and how to achieve their potential.

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How to succeed in your Junior Cycle Science CBA 1 | Studyclix

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Conor is a science teacher and in this guide, he shares his tips and tricks for the Junior Cycle Science CBA 1.

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Gives students a rundown of what to expect from CBA 2

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How to succeed in your Junior Cycle Science CBA 2 | Studyclix

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In this guide, science teacher Conor shares his tips and tricks for succeeding in the Junior Cycle Science CBA 2.

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Student Resource CBA Features of Quality

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Student Resource CBA Features of Quality

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Guidelines for students to refer to when creating their individual CBA.

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Student Resource: How to Evaluate the Reliability of Sources

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Student Resource: How to Evaluate the Reliability of Sources

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A step-by-step guide to critically analysing a source which will help when students are completing CBA 2 research.

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In this lesson students developed research, critical thinking, and communication skills by preparing evidence-based arguments, engaging in rebuttals, and connecting their learning to real-world examples. The activity also fostered teamwork, collaboration, and reflection, addressing key skills for SSI.(CBA 2)

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This lesson plan consolidates the main learning from this unit and creates a nice pathway for individual research based on this LI.

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Helps stimulate ideas for each group.

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CRISPR-Cas9 is a rapid, low-cost genome-editing tool that precisely cuts a segment of DNA and inserts a DNA construct that alters the behavior of the gene.

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How Genetic Engineering will Reshape Humanity | Pros and Cons

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'Difference' vs. 'Disease': A Question of Eugenics?

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CGS Summary of Public Opinion Polls | Center for Genetics and Society

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This page displays the results of more than 60 major public opinion surveys about four categories of emerging human biotechnologies: human genetic modification, human reproductive cloning, and embryonic stem cell research and research cloning. (Polls on animal technologies are summarized here.)

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JC Science | Evolution | Studyclix Flashcards

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Studying Science for the Junior Cycle? Test your Evolution knowledge with our digital flashcards.

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B Evolution | Junior Cycle Science | Studyclix

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All the junior Science past exam questions listed by topic with solutions. Find revision notes, videos as well information on the coursework B and mandatory experiments.