Review for:Creature Comforts

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posted: on June 12, 2007 at 4:39PM

My rating of this resource: ****

My experience using this resource:
Biology

Topic I was teaching:
Evolution

My learning goal for which this resource was used:
I wanted a fun way to introduce evolution to my students. This clip is very funny and brings in the common persons view of evolution.

Course Level:
A.P., Honors or Advanced, Intro or Regular

How I/my students used the resource:
We watched the clip and then discussed what they knew about evolution. We used this as a preview of the topic.

Value Added:
Provides visualization or animation, Increases student engagement and motivation

Strengths:
It is fun way to get students engaged and thinking about evolution. It gets them to think about what they believe and what they need to learn.

Weaknesses:
It is a Brittish show, so some of the accents are heavy and hard to understand.

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