Know – Understand – Do Organizer
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Course/Subject: Life Sciencee
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Topic: Evolution
School/District: Glynn County
Which Standards are students learning in this unit?
S7L5. Students will examine the evolution of living organisms through inherited characteristics that promote
survival of organisms and the survival of successive generations of their offspring.
a. Explain that physical characteristics of organisms have changed over successive generations (e.g.
Darwin’s finches and peppered moths of Manchester).
b. Describe ways in which species on earth have evolved due to natural selection.
c. Trace evidence that the fossil record found in sedimentary rock provides evidence for the long
history of changing life forms.
By the end of this unit, students will be able to ……..
Know
Physical characteristics of
organisms change over time.
Changes in species occur due to
natural selection, reproduction
and environmental conditions.
Understand
The students will understand the
evolution of living organisms
through inherited characteristics
and natural selection.
Fossils provide evidence of
change.
Vocabulary:
Evolution
Variation
Natural Selection
Adaptations
Artificial Selection
Ancestor
Cladogram
Homologous structures
Fossil
Fossil record
Do
By using a specific example,
explain how organisms have
changed over time.
Explain how DNA evidence is
used to show evolutionary
relationships.
Explain why there are there gaps
in the fossil record.
Compare and contrast natural
selection and artificial selection
Write a response to a “journal
article” or claim made by a
“scientist” (I put these in quotes,
because I may have to make up a
scientist with a claim and then
have them refute it.)
Students will be assessed on the above with:
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Multiple choice vocabulary test
Students will be able to design an organism that could live in Pt. Reyes both today and in one million
years. They should include description of adaptations that the organism would need in order to survive
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there in one million years.
Double bubble map: Natural Selection and Artificial Selection