Evolution
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SB5. Students will evaluate the role of natural selection in the development of the theory of
evolution.
a. Trace the history of the theory.
b. Explain the history of life in terms of biodiversity, ancestry, and the rates of evolution.
c. Explain how fossil and biochemical evidence support the theory.
d. Relate natural selection to changes in organisms.
e. Recognize the role of evolution to biological resistance (pesticide and antibiotic resistance).
Objectives
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Understand that Earth is old and has changed over time.
Analyze the geologic time scale.
Compare techniques for dating fossils.
Understand that fossils show evidence of change.
Analyze the Mechanisms of evolution.
Differentiation
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Variety in instruction
Printed notes
Collaborating pairs
Self-pacing with activities
Variety in activities
Variety in assessments
Purposeful questioning
Vocabulary
Evolution
Fossil
Relative dating
Law of superposition
Radiometric dating
Spontaneous generation
Theory of Biogenesis
Fitness
Adaptation
Derived Traits
Ancestral Traits
Homologous Structures
Vestigial Structures
Natural Selection
Population Genetics
Genetic Drift
Gene Flow
Nonrandom mating
Mutation
Coevolution
Convergent Evolution
Divergent Evolution
Punctuated Equilibrium
Gradualism
Analogous Structures
Biological Resistance
Lesson 1 Get Computers
Standards
SB5. Students will evaluate the role of natural selection in the development of the
theory ofevolution.
Objectives
Understand that Earth is old and has changed over time.
Analyze the geologic time scale.
Warm Up
Evolution Survey
Activating Strategy
Is there evidence of evolution?
Lesson
1. Discussion
2. Geologic time scale activity
Closing
Lesson 2
Standards
SB5. Students will evaluate the role of natural selection in the development of the
theory of evolution.
Objectives
Understand that Earth is old and has changed over time.
Analyze the geologic time scale.
Compare techniques for dating fossils.
Understand that fossils show evidence of change.
Warm Up
Write the sentence and circle one of the words in parenthesis:
Earth is (old/young) and has (remained the same/ changed) over time.
Activating Strategy
Is there evidence of evolution?
Lesson
1. Discussion
2. Deep time activity
3. Fossil dating Activity
Closing
Describe each of the following:
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Relative dating
--Radiometric dating
Lesson 3
Standards
SB5. Students will evaluate the role of natural selection in the development of
the theory of evolution.
Objectives
SB5a. Trace the history of the theory.
Warm Up
Compare radiometric dating and relative dating techniques.
Activating Strategy
Origin of Life Video
WKL
Lesson
1. discussion
2. White people are mutants
3. Thinking At right Angles
4. National Geographic How life began
Closing
Finish WKL
Lesson 4
Standards
SB5. Students will evaluate the role of natural selection in the development of
the theory of evolution.
Objectives
SB5a. Trace the history of the theory.
SB5b Explain the history of life in terms of biodiversity, ancestry, and the
rates of evolution.
SB5c. Explain how fossil and biochemical evidence support the theory.
Warm Up
Describe the Law of Superposition.
Activating Strategy
Vocab discussion- What do words mean
Lesson
1. discussion
2. Evidence for Evolution WebQuest
Closing
Contrast ancestral and derived traits.
Lesson 5
Standards
SB5. Students will evaluate the role of natural selection in the development of
the theory of evolution.
Objectives
SB5a. Trace the history of the theory.
SB5d. Relate natural selection to changes in organisms.
Warm Up
Contrast homologous and analogous characteristics.
Activating Strategy
• What is fitness?
Lesson
1. discussion
2.
Natural selection activity
Closing
How could natural selection cause changes in organisms.
Lesson 6
Standards
SB5. Students will evaluate the role of natural selection in the development of
the theory of evolution.
Objectives
SB5a. Trace the history of the theory.
SB5d. Relate natural selection to changes in organisms.
Analyze the Mechanisms of evolution.
Warm Up
Describe natural selection and how this leads to evolution.
Activating Strategy
What is a mechanism?
Lesson
1. discussion
2.
Evidence for Evolution Webquest
Closing
Contrast the four types of natural selection.
Lesson 7
Standards
SB5. Students will evaluate the role of natural selection in the development of
the theory of evolution.
Objectives
SB5b. Explain the history of life in terms of biodiversity, ancestry, and the
rates of evolution.
SB5e. Recognize the role of evolution to biological resistance (pesticide and
antibiotic resistance).
Warm Up
• Describe Each:
– Natural Selection
– Population Genetics
– Genetic Drift
– Gene Flow
– Nonrandom mating
– Mutation
Activating Strategy
What is a mechanism?
Lesson
1. discussion
2.
Types of Evolution Chart
Closing
Contrast convergent and divergent evolution.
Day 8 Evolution review Stations
Day 9 Review
Day 10 Test