Unit: Evolution (written November 2013)
Key Learning:
By a process known as natural selection, all the different species found
on Earth have developed, and continue to change, as time passes
Instructional Tools:
Unit Essential Question:
How do different kinds of organisms develop?
How does natural selection drive changes in life?
Concept:
Darwin and Natural Selection
3.8.10.C, 3.2.10.A, 3.3.10.C,
3.3.10.D
BIO.B.3.3.1, BIO.B.3.1.2,
BIO.B.3.1.3,
Lesson EQ:
Concept:
Genes, Variation, Natural
Selection, and Developing
New Species
3.1.10.E, 3.3.10.B, 3.3.10.A,
3.8.10.C
BIO.B.3.1.1, BIO.B.3.1.2,
BIO.B.3.1.3, BIO.B.3.2.1,
BIO.B.3.3.1
Lesson EQ:
Concept:
Human Evolution
BIO.B.3.2.1, BIO.B.3.3.1
Lesson EQ:
What led Darwin to develop his
theory about how life
developed? (A)
What is natural variation and
what causes it? (A)
How did humans evolve from
other primates? (A)
What were some ideas that
helped Darwin develop his
theory? (A)
How does natural selection
affect species? (A)
What makes primates different
from other groups of mammals?
(A)
What evidence supports that life
has, and continues to go
through, processes of change?
(A)
What is the evidence that shows
Homo sapiens evolved? (A)
How do species adapt to
environmental stimuli? (ET)
How does the fossil record
support the theory of
evolution?(A)
How do similarities in physical
structures and DNA support the
theory of evolution? (A)
Vocabulary:
adaptation, speciation, species,
competition, mutation, gene
recombination, evolution, theory,
fossil
Vocabulary:
fossil, natural variation,
artificial selection, struggle for
existence, fitness, adaptation,
survival of the fittest, natural
selection, descent with
Vocabulary:
hominids, , Homo Erectus,
Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon,
primate, bipedal, binocular
vision, Prosimian, Anthropoid,
Prehensile, Hominoid, Hominid,
modification, common descent,
homologous structure, vestigial
structure, analogous structure,
embryology, gene pool, founder
effect, single-gene trait,
polygenic trait, directional
selection, Hardy-Weinberg
Principle, stabilizing selection,
disruptive selection, genetic
drift, relative (allele) frequency,
genetic equilibrium, isolating
mechanisms, migration
(genetics)
Concept:
The History of Life
3.1.B.C3, 3.1.B.C1, 3.1.B.B3,
BIO.B.3.2.1, BIO.B.3.3.1
Lesson EQ:
How are fossils formed and
what information can we get
from them? (A)
What hypotheses are there
about how life first developed
and evolved on Earth? (A)
How did plants and animals
evolve over time? (A)
What are the six different
patterns of macroevolution? (A)
Vocabulary:
paleontologist, fossil record,
extinct, relative dating, index
fossil, half-life, radioactive
dating, geologic time scale, era,
period, proteinoid microsphere,
microfossil, endosymbiotic
theory, mass extinction,
macroevolution, adaptive
radiation, convergent evolution,
co-evolution, punctuated
equilibrium, gradualism
bipedal, opposable thumb
Additional Information: fossil diagrams, laboratory activities
Vocabulary Report
 adaptation
 speciation
 species
 competition
 mutation
 gene recombination
 evolution
 theory
 fossil
 natural variation
 artificial selection
 struggle for existence
 fitness
 adaptation
 survival of the fittest
 natural selection
 descent with modification
 common descent
 homologous structure
 vestigial structure
 analogous structure
 embryology
 gene pool
 founder effect
 single-gene trait
 polygenic trait
 directional selection
 Hardy-Weinberg Principle
 stabilizing selection
 disruptive selection
 genetic drift
 relative (allele) frequency
 genetic equilibrium
 isolating mechanisms
 migration (genetics)
 hominids
 Homo Erectus
 Neanderthals
 Cro-Magnon
 primate
 bipedal
 binocular vision
 Prosimian
 Anhtropoid
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prehensile
Hominoid
Hominid
opposable thumb
paleontologist
fossil record
extinct
relative dating
index fossil
half-life
radioactive dating
geologic time scale
era
period
proteinoid microsphere
microfossil
endosymbiotic theory
mass extinction
macroevolution
adaptive radiation
convergent evolution
co-evolution
punctuated equilibrium
gradualism