ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can populations evolve to form new species?
NGSSS: SC.912.L.15.13; SC.912.L.15.15; A.912.L.15.15
BENCHMARKS:
-Describe the conditions required for natural selection, including: overproduction of offspring, inherited variation, and the struggle to survive, which result in differential reproductive success. -Discuss mechanisms of evolutionary change other than natural selection such as genetic drift and gene flow.- Describe how mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic variation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:
-identify the conditions required for natural selection.
-relate the conditions required for natural selection to differential reproductive successes.
-recognize some of the scientific mechanisms resulting in evolutionary change.
BELL RINGER: Complete the formative assessment Habitat Change by choosing the statement(s) you believe to be correct and explain your answer. This will go in the center of your Cornell notes. Period 3 has already completed this activity and Period 2 has not yet done so, due to testing on Tuesday.
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| This is your bell ringer. Once you make a new Cornell notes page (be sure to add the date, benchmark and essential question to your table of contents), paste this in the center of the Cornell notes. |
VOCABULARY: adaptation, adaptive radiation, ancestor, artificial selection, bottleneck, coevolution, convergent evolution, directional selection, disruptive selection, evolution, extinction
HOME LEARNING: Study for Mid-year Biology Exam
Students completed the bell ringer (see above and shared their answers in class). This is directed towards period 2 only, as period 3 has already completed this activity. The page should be pasted to the inside of the Cornell notes.
Today, period 1 students participated in the deflasking of the orchids for the Million Orchid Project with Fairchild Gardens. All remaining activities are for period 2 students.
Students viewed a BrainPop on Natural Selection. You can watch it at the link Natural Selection.
We then, as a class, completed the Peppered Moth Simulation. Click the link to access the activity. Be sure to answer all questions in your interactive notebook.
