Bellwork

1. Bellwork • Today we will be reading an article titled “Beetle Turns Itself into a Wheel (That’s How it Rolls)”. Write 2-3 sentences predicting what the article is about and what you will learn. • What do you already know about animals/bugs that “roll”? Give examples of things you have seen in real life, heard about, or watched on TV • Write 1 question you have about today’s article, based on the title.

2. Introduction • The southern beaches of Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, USA, are part of a national park. To protect the area, only residents and staff are allowed to drive their vehicles on the sands. But there are plenty of wheels nonetheless – small, living ones.

3. Strategy: Two Words-Two Sentences • For each “chunk” of the article we read, we will write a two word title & two sentences summarizing what we learned. Example: TWO WORD (title) • National Park • There is a national park in Georgia where most people are not allowed to drive. However, there is some other kind of “wheel” you can find on the island. TWO SENTENCE (Summary)

4. Please read the next 2 paragraphs • When you are finished complete a: TWO WORD title & TWO SENTENCE summary • Be ready to share what you learned in a class discussion!

5. Watch it roll! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zx5Yeyw_PM&feature=player_embedded

6. Think-Pair-Share • If you were an ecologist at this national park, how would you test out this new finding? • If the tiger beetle is one of the best studied species in America, why wasn’t this discovered until recently? • Now that you know what the article is about, what questions do you have?

7. Please read the next 4 paragraphs • When you are finished complete a: TWO WORD title & TWO SENTENCE summary • Be ready to share what you learned in a class discussion!

8. Back Off! • The beetle has several strategies it uses before rolling: threatening with its jaws, playing dead, throwing up… • How might each of these strategies help the beetle scare off a predator or threat? • Why doesn’t it just roll away to begin with?

9. How did they MEASURE this qualitative behavior? compare to diagram http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wXd7jhX0dzE

10. Please read the next 3 paragraphs • When you are finished complete a: TWO WORD title & TWO SENTENCE summary • Be ready to share what you learned in a class discussion!

11. Other Species That Roll! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzAF7WuXhKA&feature=player_embedded

12. Think-Pair-Share • Why did the rolling strategy evolve in so many species? • What could this imply about the history of life on Earth if there are species on different continents that have similar strategies? • Why haven’t any species evolved real wheels?

13. Please read the Last 2 paragraphs • When you are finished complete a: TWO WORD title & TWO SENTENCE summary • Be ready to share what you learned in a class discussion!

14. 1. Pass forward the article & your summaries.2. Set up a Reading Strategies List Reading Stategies #1: Two Word Title, Two Sentence Summary

15. Add to Dividers & put in 3-ring binder Basic Info Syllabus Procedures Safety Rules Class Map Reading Strategies

16. Discuss with a partner • When reading articles or textbooks for information- what are some strategies you can use to help you understand & take notes? • Be ready to share

17. Closure/Sponge • Draw a short 3-frame comic strip summarizing what you learned about the behavior of Tiger Beetle Larva (worms).