Traits

Lead-in

  • Do you think your first impressions of people affect how you’re going to interact with them? Why or why not?
  • Look at the pictures and describe the people in them.

Presentation 1

Pre

  • How can you describe yourself?
  • How are you similar to your parents?

Top Down

  • What does the video talk about? Watch the video and find out.
  • Tails
  • Fingernails
  • Wisdom tooth
  • Vestigial Muscles
  • Tails
  • Fingernails
  • Wisdom tooth
  • Vestigial Muscles

Bottom Up

  • True or False

Example: The video only mentions humans. > False

  1. Our body can be considered a museum of natural history.
  2. Humans don’t have any vestigial traits in common with other animals.
  3. Raised hair helps animals to stay warm.
  4. Some people have 3 vertebrae by the end of their spine, some people have 4.
  5. In humans, tail cells are programmed to die after some time.
  1. Our body can be considered a museum of natural history. True
  2. Humans don’t have any vestigial traits in common with other animals. False
  3. Raised hair helps animals to stay warm. True
  4. Some people have 3 vertebrae by the end of their spine, some people have 4. False
  5. In humans, tail cells are programmed to die after some time. True

Post

  • Do you have one of the traits mentioned in the video? If so, which one?
  • Which one would you like to have? Why?

Unusual physical traits

Presentation 2

Pre

  • How can we measure health?

Top Down

  • What are growth curves? Watch the video and find out.
  • Increase in weight and height.
  • Height increase (or not).
  • The moment when there’s no height increase.
  • The moment when there’s no mass increase.
  • Increase in weight and height.
  • Height increase (or not).
  • The moment when there’s no height increase.
  • The moment when there’s no mass increase.

Bottom Up

  • Fill in the gaps as you watch the video again.

Example: The easiest way to check if a baby is healthy is to ____ it. > The easiest way to check if a baby is healthy is to weigh it.

  1. A low or high birth ____ can raise ____ and possible health problems.
  2. If their ____ is increasing then it suggests the baby is ____.
  3. Until the age of puberty most children grow at a ____ of about five centimeters per year.
  4. The growth ____ in ____ starts at different ages for different people.
  5. This is why people often say that children ____ when they fall over, their ____ is much more flexible than bone.
  1. A low or high birth weight can raise concerns and possible health problems.
  2. If their mass is increasing then it suggests the baby is growing.
  3. Until the age of puberty most children grow at a rate of about five centimeters per year.
  4. The growth spurt in puberty starts at different ages for different people.
  5. This is why people often say that children bounce when they fall over, their cartilage is much more flexible than bone.

Post

  • At what age have you had a growth spurt? Talk about your memories of that time.