Grade 11 Biology (University)
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EVOLUTION - 2012
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Introduction to Evolution
Activity: Timeline
Why Does Evolution Matter Now (TB bacteria)
Theory of Evolution
Lecture: Microevolution and macroevolution
H/O- 10.1 Diversity of Life (Answer #1-9 on p.339)
Evidence for Evolution
Lecture: Fossils, biogeography, anatomy, embryology, molecular biology
Worksheets: Fossils, The Fossil Record, Other Evidence for Evolution, Vestigial
Organs
Developing the Theory of Evolution (Scientist’s Contributions)
Lyell, Lamarck, Malthus, Darwin, Gould, Eldredge, Grant
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Mechanisms of Microevolution
Lecture: Mutations, genetic drift, gene flow, non-random mating, natural selection
Worksheets: Natural Selection, Sexual Selection, The Founder Effect, Population
Bottlenecks, Genetic Drift
Microevolution Continued
Demo with W/S Flashy Fish
Worksheet: Adaptations and Fitness
Dry Lab: Peppered Moths
Activity – bird beaks
Macroevolution: Speciation
Lecture: Speciation, Gizmo Activity
Worksheets: Species, sympatric speciation, allopatric speciation
Adaptations
Patterns of Evolution : Convergent, Divergent, Coevolution
Lecture, Worksheets: Comparative Anatomy, Patterns of Evolution (Divergent
Evolution), Convergent and coevolution
Dry Lab: Predicting an Evolutionary Path (nails and screws)
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Video: David Attenborough’s Darwin
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Evolution Reading and Report Assignment
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Trip to the ROM
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Unit Test
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Grade 11 Biology (University)
Links
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/evolution/homo-sapiens-vs-neanderthals.html
Video on traits of Neanderthals
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/evolution/fossil-evidence-bipedalism.html
Fossil evidence for bipedalism
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/evolution/becoming-fossil.html
Becoming a fossil
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/are-we-still-evolving.html
Are we still evolving?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/zoo-you.html
Comparative embryology
Why Evolution Matters Now
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/11/2/real/e_s_6.html
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