ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What evidence supports the Theory of Evolution?
NGSSS: SC.912.L.15.1
BENCHMARKS:
-Explain how the scientific theory of evolution is supported by the fossil record, comparative anatomy, comparative embryology, biogeography, molecular biology, and observed evolutionary change.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:
-identify bodies of evidence that support the scientific theory of evolution.
BELL RINGER: Formative Assessment: Biological Evolution: Read the handout (to be completed and placed in the Cornell notes inside section), and explain which person you believe is correct and why. Try to convince your classmates that you are correct!
VOCABULARY: evolution, fossil, artificial selection, adaptation, fitness, natural selection, biogeography, homologous structure, analogous structure, vestigial structure, the struggle for existance
HOME LEARNING: work on your science fair paper/project
-Students completed the bell ringer activity and placed it in their interactive notebook. Be sure to write the date, benchmark, and essential question, along with the page number in your table of contents. Then, make a new Cornell notes page with the date and essential question. Don't forget the column on the side and the six lines on the bottom for your summary! The bell ringer sheet Biological Evolution is found below.
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| This is the bell ringer sheet. Complete and place in the center of the Cornell notes page. |
