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• RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very
important and should be recorded in your
science journal.
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-Nice neat notes that are legible and use indentations
when appropriate.
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when appropriate.
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Disaccharide
First Name, Last Name
Science and Section
First Name, Last Name
Science and Section
Treat this journal with care and
respect. It will be very helpful for
the bundled homework package.
First Name, Last Name
Science and Section
Your journal is your responsibility. If it
becomes lost or damaged it will
significantly reduce your grade.
First Name, Last Name
Science and Section
• RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very
important and should be recorded in your
science journal.
• BLACK SLIDE: Pay attention, follow
directions, complete projects as described
and answer required questions neatly.
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• Keep an eye out for “The-Owl” and raise
your hand as soon as you see him.
– He will be hiding somewhere in the slideshow
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• Keep an eye out for “The-Owl” and raise
your hand as soon as you see him.
– He will be hiding somewhere in the slideshow
“Hoot, Hoot”
“Good Luck!”
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• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conservations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
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• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conservations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conservations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conservations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conversations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conversations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conversations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conversations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
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• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conversations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
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• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conversations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
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• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conversations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
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• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conversations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
• Class Expectations
– You can show respect by…
• Listening when the teacher or others are talking.
– One speaker at a time, please raise your hand.
• Please no cross-room conversations during work
time.
– You can be responsible by…
• Staying organized and avoiding distraction.
• Staying focused on task completion.
– You can make good choices by…
• Attending class regularly
• Doing your best and never giving up.
– Be Safe!
• First, last, and always.
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New Area of Focus: Human evolution.
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• What’s wrong with this cartoon?
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• Answer! Dinosaurs and people did not
coexist. They are separated by 65 million
years of evolution.
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• Answer! Dinosaurs and people did not
coexist. They are separated by 65 million
years of evolution.
Not sure if
children with
such large heads
can pass
through such a
narrow pelvis.
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• Remember, dinosaurs went extinct about 65
million years ago.
– Mammals emerged after the KT event / volcanic
debris / and microbes that wiped out the dinosaurs.
• Remember, dinosaurs went extinct about 65
million years ago.
– Mammals emerged after the KT event / volcanic
debris / and microbes that wiped out the dinosaurs.
• Earliest primate fossil (Ida)
– 47 million years old.
– Early linage that may have given rise to modern
monkeys and apes.
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• Earliest primate fossil (Ida)
– 47 million years old.
– Early linage that may have given rise to modern
monkeys and apes.
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• Earliest primate fossil (Ida)
– 47 million years old.
– Early linage that may have given rise to modern
monkeys and apes.
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Hominid: Any of a family (Hominidae) of erect
bipedal primate mammals comprising recent
humans.
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Opposable thumb – Gripping (most primates have).
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• Activity! 1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a…
• Activity! 1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a… Thumb War
• Power grip.
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• The power grip was believed to help human
break bones / scavenge animal remains with a
sharp pointed rock called a hand axe.
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• Vultures are a clear sign that an animal is dead.
Easily seen from a distance for early Hominids on
the dry African savannah.
• Precision grip
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• Stone tools advanced to become more precision
based.
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• Stone tools advanced to become more precision
based. Allowing early hominids to cut, and
eventually being a part of weapons such as spears.
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• Stone tools advanced to become more precision
based. Allowing early hominids to cut, and
eventually being a part of weapons such as spears.
(A long period of time for this advancement).
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• Photo of Orangutang stabbing fish with spear.
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• Activity! Please untie and then tie your
shoes without use of your thumbs.
– For those without laces, please organize your
binder.
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• Activity! Please untie and then tie your
shoes without use of your thumbs.
– For those without laces, please organize your
binder.
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Which one is a picture of a human hand?
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Bipedalism: Walking on two feet (regularly).
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• Laetoli footprints – Dated 3.6 million years ago.
• Not bipedal!
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• How does a drying landscape cause a primate to
become bipedal?
– Africa began to dry 5-8 million years ago. The lush forest
turned into Savannah. How does this change lead to a
change in hominid behavior and physiology?
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• How does a drying landscape cause a primate to
become bipedal?
– Africa began to dry 5-8 million years ago. The lush forest
turned into Savannah. How does this change lead to a
change in hominid behavior and physiology?
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• How does a drying landscape cause a primate to
become bipedal?
– Africa began to dry 5-8 million years ago. The lush forest
turned into Savannah. How does this change lead to a
change in hominid behavior and physiology?
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• How does a drying landscape cause a primate to
become bipedal?
– Africa began to dry 5-8 million years ago. The lush forest
turned into Savannah. How does this change lead to a
change in hominid behavior and physiology?
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• Hominids had to travel over greater and greater
distances over time. Standing tall allowed hominids
to see over the grasses, and traveling on two feet
became easier than four. The life in the trees
became a life on the ground.
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• Hominids had to travel over greater and greater
distances over time. Standing tall allowed hominids
to see over the grasses, and traveling on two feet
became easier than four. The life in the trees
became a life on the ground.
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• Hominids had to travel over greater and greater
distances over time. Standing tall allowed hominids
to see over the grasses, and traveling on two feet
became easier than four. The life in the trees
became a life on the ground.
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• Hominids had to travel over greater and greater
distances over time. Standing tall allowed hominids
to see over the grasses, and traveling on two feet
became easier than four. The life in the trees
became a life on the ground.
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• Lots of new evidence suggests that Africa went
through serious environmental shifts during this
period.
– From lush and wet, to dry, and then back again.
– This shifting was believed to have accelerated evolution.
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• Lots of new evidence suggests that Africa went
through serious environmental shifts during this
period.
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• Lots of new evidence suggests that Africa went
through serious environmental shifts during this
period.
– From lush and wet,
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• Lots of new evidence suggests that Africa went
through serious environmental shifts during this
period.
– From lush and wet, to dry,
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• Lots of new evidence suggests that Africa went
through serious environmental shifts during this
period.
– From lush and wet, to dry, and then back again.
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• Lots of new evidence suggests that Africa went
through serious environmental shifts during this
period.
– From lush and wet, to dry, and then back again.
– This shifting was believed to have accelerated evolution.
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• You can now complete this question on
the bundled homework.
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Hominids first appeared roughly 7 million years
ago (A blink in geologic time).
• People are not really correct when they
assume people just came from monkeys.
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• Humans are instead just a branch from a
tree which includes thousands of primates,
some still around, most have gone extinct.
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• Humans are instead just a branch from a
tree which includes thousands of primates,
some still around, most have gone extinct.
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• Humans are instead just a branch from a
tree which includes thousands of primates,
some still around, most have gone extinct.
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• There are many connections and similarities that
people share with primates.
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• There are many connections and similarities that
people share with primates.
– Our DNA is close to 94% the same as a chimpanzee.
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• There are many connections and similarities that
people share with primates.
– Our DNA is close to 94% the same as a chimpanzee.
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• There are many connections and similarities that
people share with primates.
– Our DNA is close to 94% the same as a chimpanzee.
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• Humans are closer genetically to chimps than
horses are to zebras.
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• You could get both a heart and blood transfusion
from a chimpanzee.
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• You could get both a heart and blood transfusion
from a chimpanzee.
“Your not getting
my heart you
crazy human.”
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• First hominid found in 1924 (Leakey’s) at
Olduvai Gorge.
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• First hominid found in 1924 (Leakey’s) at
Olduvai Gorge.
“I wonder if the
teacher will use
our names on the
review game?”
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