AP Biology: Calendars and Objectives
Unit 7, Part 1: Evolution by Natural Selection
Date
Topic
Objective(s)
03/13/14
Natural SelectionIntroduction
1, 2, 6
03/14/14
Natural SelectionPhenotypic Variation
3, 4, 5
03/17/14
Natural SelectionCommunication and
Behavior
7, 8
03/18/14
Hardy-Weinberg
Equilibrium
1, 9
03/19/14
Hardy-Weinberg
Equilibrium
9, 10
03/20/14
Hardy-Weinberg
Equilibrium
11, 12
03/21/13
Speciation
13, 14, 15
03/24/13
Speciation
16
03/25/14
Mid Unit 7 Quiz
Masteringbiology assignments – Due Monday, March 24, 2014 at 11:59 pm
 #36, Natural Selection
 #37, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
 #38, Speciation
Homework
View: 7.1, Natural Selection
Read: Ch. 22, pages 452-462
Think: Natural Selection
Submit:
V:
R: Ch. 23, pages 469-472
T: NS, Phenotypic Variation
S:
V:
R:
T: NS, Communication &
Behavior
V:
R: Ch. 23, pages 473-476
T: HW Equilibrium
S:
V:
R: Ch. 23, pages 476-480
T: HW Equilibrium
S:
V:
R:
T: HW Equilibrium
S:
V: 7.2, Speciation
R: Ch. 24, pages 488-492
T: Selection and Speciation
S:
V:
R: Ch. 24, pages 493-495 and
501-503
T: Selection and Speciation
AP Biology: Calendars and Objectives
Objectives:
1. Convert a data set from a table of numbers that reflect a change in the genetic makeup of a population
over time and apply conceptual understandings to investigate the cause and effect of this change (SP
1, Convert)
2. Evaluate evidence provided by data to investigate the role of natural selection in evolution (SP 5.
Determine)
3. Evaluate data-based evidence that describes evolutionary changes in the genetic makeup of a
population over time (SP 5, Determine)
4. Predict how a change in genotype, when expressed as a phenotype, provides a variation that can be
subject to natural selection (SP 6, Formulate)
5. Explain the connection between genetic variation in organisms and phenotypic variations in
populations (SP 7, Connect)
6. Connect evolutionary changes in a population over time to a change in the environment (SP 7,
Connect)
7. Analyze data that indicate how organisms exchange information in response to internal changes and
external cues, and which can change behavior (SP 5, Analyze)
8. Analyze data to support the claim that responses to information and communication of information
affect natural selection (SP 5, Analyze)
9. Apply mathematical methods to data from a simulated population to predict what will happen to the
population in the future (SP 2, Solve)
10. Use theories and models to make predictions about the effect of variation within populations on
survival and fitness (SP 6, Formulate)
11. Use data from mathematical models based on the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to analyze genetic
drift and effects of selection in the evolution of specific populations (SP 2, Select)
12. Justify data from mathematical models based on the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to analyze genetic
drift and the effects of selection in the evolution of specific populations ( SP 2, Select)
13. Make predictions about the effect of genetic drift, migration, and artificial selection on the genetic
makeup of a population (SP 6, Formulate)
14. Use data from a population, based on graphs or models of types of selection, to predict what will
happen to the population in the future (SP 6, Formulate)
15. Justify the selection of data that address questions related to reproductive isolation and speciation
(SP 4, Describe)
16. Describe speciation in an isolated population and connect it to change in gene frequency, change in
environment, natural selection, and/or genetic drift (SP 7, Connect)
Vocabulary:
Evolution
Fitness
Genetic Drift
Species
Reproductive Isolation
Supplemental Resources:
 Natural Selection Simulation
 Stickleback Natural Selection
 Hardy-Weinberg Practice
 Speciation Animation
Gene Pool
Adaptation
Population
Speciation
Hybrid

BrightStorm Videos
- Darwin’s Theory
- Genetic Variation
- Natural Selection
Natural Selection
Variation
Allele Frequency
Geographic Isolation
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
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Evolution of Populations
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Speciation
AP Biology: Calendars and Objectives