The earth is very old and over long periods of time, species change in the way they look or behave over many generations as a result of their environment. Grade 6 were shown the video that portrayed in a newsreader style the progression of some species from ‘simple’ life such as single-celled organisms progressing to more complex organisms as their environment changes and the colonisation of land from water. It details the conditions of Earth at different periods and how these changes such as atmospheric content resulted in the evolution of new species. For example, as oxygen increased and plants colonised the land, animals evolved, colonising the land from water. The main focus of this activity is the progression from ancestral life to the life we have today and how this happens over a very large timescale as a result of environmental change.
After watching the video, the students were asked to act out their own version of the news story to the class and record the same.
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