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Unit 3: Evolution
Enduring Understanding 4 :
Biological evolution explains the unity and diversity of species and provides a unifying principle for the history and diversity
of life on Earth.
Summative Assessment 7
Essential Question(s):
How does genetic variation among organism affect survival and reproduction?
The students will independently be able to…
Basic Understanding
Developing Mastery
Mastery
LT 10: Define adaptation and
mutation.
LT 10: Give an example of an adaptation
and a mutation.
LT 10: Given a specific scenario for an organism,
apply the concepts of adaptation and mutation
back to the organism.
LT 11: Define natural selection and
reproductive fitness.
LT 11: Relate natural selection and
reproductive fitness to the theory of
evolution.
LT 11: Given a specific scenario, apply the concepts
of natural selection, reproductive fitness and
evolution to predict the outcome of the population
over time.
Vocabulary to be familiar with…
Adaptation
Evolution
Mutation
Natural Selection
Reproductive Fitness
Trait
Variation
Unit 4: Evolution
Enduring Understanding 4:
Biological evolution explains the unity and diversity of species and provides a unifying principle for the history and diversity
of life on Earth.
Summative Assessment 8
Essential Question(s):
What evidence shows that different species are related?
The students will independently be able to…
Basic Understanding
Developing Mastery
Mastery
LT 12: Evidence of Evolution Project
LT 13: I can determine the difference
between a cladogram and a
phylogenetic tree.
LT 13: I can Interpret a cladogram and
phylogenetic tree.
LT 13: I can construct a cladogram and/or
phylogentic tree.
Fossil
Homologous Structure
Molecular Evidence
Morphological
Phylogenetic Tree
Species
Vestigial Structure
Vocabulary to be familiar with…
Analogous Structure
Cladogram
Common Ancestor
Embryology