Week of: 9/7-9/11
Subject: AP Biology
Standards/Big Ideas
Unit: Evolution
Chapters: 22-25
Days: 15
Assignments
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PBL Speciation
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Assessments/Checks for Success
PBL Speciation
Chapter 23 Quiz – Review
Socratic Seminar
Big Idea 1 - The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of
life.
Learning Targets:
 Darwinian Logic & Evidence
 Natural Selection, Gene Flow, Genetic Drift
 Modes of Natural Selection
 Phylogenetic & Cladograms
 Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium Equation
 Speciation – Barriers
 Project-Based Learning
Monday
Labor Day
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Analyze Real World case
studies to apply evolutionary
principles
Analyze Real World case
studies to apply evolutionary
principles
Analyze Real World case studies
to apply evolutionary principles
Analyze Real World case
studies to apply evolutionary
principles
PBL Speciation Project – Work in
groups
Review Chapter 23 Quiz
Hand Out Summative
Assessment Essay Prompts
Continue PBL Group Work
Complete PBL
PBL Speciation Presentations
and Socratic Seminar
Differentiation
Each student uses creativity to
design a new species
Differentiation
Each student uses creativity to
design a new species
Differentiation
Each student uses creativity to
design a new species
Differentiation
Each student uses creativity to
design a new species
Differentiation
Each student generates their
own standards connections