Science+and+the+Courts

**Science and the Courts' Wiki**

=TASK: Students will work in small groups to produce a collaborative wiki space that illustrate an understanding of topics discussed in the unit, how to research court cases, and explain how science applies to the American justice system in the past and present. The wiki space should incorporate the use of at least three technology strategies that you have learned during the technology program. =

=Day 1= = Day 1 Objectives: =
 * // Students will be Able to // : **
 * 1. Define Evolution in their own words **
 * 2. Evaluate social, cultural, and political events of the early 1900s **

Opener:

 * Watch the short video below and in your virtual notebook:**
 * **Identify the objective of the video**
 * **Pose 1-2 questions you have**
 * **Find a similar image, event or topic to represent what you watched**


 * 1) **The objective for this video is evolution.**
 * 2) **How does one animal that live in the water become a land animal? How long does it take one animal to completely turn into a new species?**


 * Activity 1:**
 * Activity 2:**



__**3 Minutes Pause**__

1.) We all share a common ancestor. There are 4 things that all mammals have in common when we are in the embryo. Evolutions need to happen through generations not a change in an individual. Evolutions happened when the gene is changed and is passed on to the new generations. 2.) I think evolution of species did not happen. 3.) Is there any species that is going through evolution?


 * New Wordle**



The words I added on to the second Wordle have something to do with how evolution happen. It also have the things that reminds me of evolution.

**__The 1920's__**

My first impressions of the 1920's was negative because the first picture really say a lot, a cross on fire and a person cover up everything with white cloth, KKK.




 * Do you think that scientific research and discovery might be in conflict with some values and ideals of the 1920's? Why or why not? Provide evidence from today's activities to support your response.**

Yes, I think in the early 1900's people were still conservative, beacuse women didn't get to have rights yet. They still have a very close minded. I think they will have a hard time accepting to new theories or discoveries.


 * 1. Identify parallels between this topic and conflicts/events that are going on today.**
 * 2. Make an argument for or against the theory of Evolution supporting your argument.**

1.) There are still people who have the same mind as the KKK. We are still working on the theory of evolution. 2.) I am for the theory because we have same bones as some animals and there are fossils from million years ago to show how animals' ancestor mutate.

Day 2 = Science Clashes with Society in the 1920's: = = Tennessee v. John Scopes (1925) = = "Scopes Monkey Trial" =

= Day 2 Objectives: = 1. Explain the controversy of teaching evolution in schools 2. Identify the different views about teaching evolution in schools 3. Evaluate the impact of the Scopes trial in America
 * // Students will be Able to //** :


 * I see.../ It means...**




 * Answer the following questions on the clip from the Simpson episode entitled, "//Monkey Suit//," in your notebook after watching the video:**

1. What was the message of this cartoon clip? The message of this cartoon clip is that the closed minded people put a person on trial for what they believe in. There are corruptions in the society, because like the princple was threaten to teach creationism, there are people out there who are being threaten to do something they don't want to.

2. Do you think something like this could actually happen? Yes, I think there are some very religious people in this country. They can join together and protest or argue about this.

People who were involved in the case.





I showed in my glogster who was involved in the trial. This happened in the 1920's because the town was about to go bankrupt, Scopes did this to help the town bring in publicity. This happened in 1925, just 4 years before the stock market crash. During this time technology were also improving, so things were changing, back then people didn't like the changes. [|Scopes' Glogster]

=Science and the Justice System Today​=

Day 3: Objectives
//Students will be able to:// Explain how their Glog/Slide represents the signifcance of events that occurred during the Scopes Trial Identify and explain the connection between science and the justice system in today's world

Opener:
Scopes trial, a biased case, was happened to show how religion and science collide.
 * In **10** words or less summarize the Scopes Trial
 * Find/Create a visual that best symbolizes the trial



I pick this picture to respresent the Scopes trial because this is different galaxies just like how the case have many different perspective to what is right and what is wrong. People think that evolution should be taught, others think evolution is unthinkable, and others just doesn't care. However, I can see what are the reasons for people to think what is right and what is wrong.


 * __ Final Project __**

DNA and the Courts