Welcome to our Evolution Unit! We will be exploring the ideas and concepts behind evolution for the next couple of weeks. The class schedule can be found below, along with some interesting articles/websites and videos related to evolution.
Great Evolution Articles/Websites/Video Clips:
Take a Tour Around Darwin's Galapagos
Week of February 8-12
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Topic/Activity |
Reading |
Homework |
Class Materials |
Monday 2/8 |
-Hand back Genetics Tests -Race Video |
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Tuesday 2/9 |
-Finish Race Video -Evolution of Evolution |
Chapter 15 - Sections 1 and 2 (p. 369-377) |
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Wednesday 2/10 |
-What is Variation? -Variation Lab - Day 1 (collect data) |
Chapter 16 - Section 1 (p. 393-396) |
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Thursday 2/11 |
-Variation Lab - Day 2 (graph class data, discussion of results) |
Finish Variation Lab - due Tuesday 2/16 |
Data and Graphs for Variation Lab |
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Friday 2/12 |
-No School! |
Week of February 15-19
Date |
Topic/Activity |
Reading |
Homework |
Class Materials |
Monday 2/15 |
-No School! |
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Tuesday 2/16 |
-Finish Variation Lab -Natural Selection |
Chapter 15 - Section 3 (p. 378-382, 386) |
Variation Lab due at the beginning of class! |
Natural Selection Powerpoint |
Wednesday 2/17 |
-Ablax Lab - Day 1 (Q3) |
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Thursday 2/18 |
-Selection Pressures -Ablax Lab - Day 2 (Q3) |
Finish Ablax Lab - due Friday 2/19 |
Selection Pressures Powerpoint |
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Friday 2/19 |
-Evolution Quiz -Finish Ablax Lab |
Ablax Lab due at the beginning of class! |
Week of February 22-26
Date |
Topic/Activity |
Reading |
Homework |
Class Materials |
Monday 2/22 |
-Speciation -Speciation Pit Stops |
Chapter 16 - Section 3 (p. 404-409) |
Finish Speciation Pit Stops (must do 3, can do 4 for extra credit) |
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Tuesday 2/23 |
-Evidence of Change |
Chapter 15 - Section 3 (p. 382-385) Chapter 17 - Section 1 (p. 417-420) |
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Wednesday 2/24 | -Human Evolution | |||
Thursday 2/25 | -Review |
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Friday 2/26 | -Evolution Unit Test |