Grade 11 Biology (University)
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EVOLUTION - 2016
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Introduction to Theory of Evolution
Evolution, microevolution, macroevolution, scientific theory, scientific law,
scientific evidence
Activity: Timeline for evolution, Why Does Evolution Matter Now (TB bacteria)
Developing the Theory of Evolution (Scientist’s Contributions)
Leclerc (Histoire Naturelle), Anning(fossil collector), Cuvier (paleontology and
catastrophism), Lyell (uniformitarianism), Lamarck (inheritance of acquired
characteristics), Darwin (Theory of evolution by natural selection, descent with
modification), Alfred Russell Wallace (survival of the fittest)
Evidence for Evolution
Fossils, transitional fossil, biogeography, anatomy, vestigial structures, homologous
structures, analogous structures, embryology, molecular biology or DNA evidence
Worksheets: Fossils, The Fossil Record, Other Evidence for Evolution, Vestigial
Organs
Adaptations
Structural, behavioural and physiological adaptations, extinct, mimicry, genetic
variation within a species (or population), genotype variation, phenotype variation,
mutation
Dry Lab: Peppered Moths, Activity – bird beaks
Natural Selection and Artificial Selection
natural selection, selective advantage, selective pressure, genetic fitness, artificial
selection, biotechnology, GMO, gene banks, monoculture
Worksheets: Natural Selection
Mechanisms of Microevolution
Factors that change allele frequencies, mutations, gene flow, migration, genetic drift,
founder effect, bottleneck effect, non-random mating, inbreeding
Worksheets: The Founder Effect, Population Bottlenecks, Genetic Drift
Mechanisms of Microevolution
How natural selection changes allele frequencies, stabilizing selection, directional
selection, disruptive selection, sexual selection
Worksheet: Sexual Selection
Macroevolution: Speciation
speciation, reproductive isolation, pre-zygotic isolation (behavioural, habitat,
temporal, mechanical, gametic), post-zygotic isolation mechanisms, sympatric and
allopatric speciation, adaptive radiation, ecological niche
Gizmo: Speciation, Worksheets: Species, sympatric and allopatric speciation
Patterns of Evolution : Convergent, Divergent, Co-evolution
Lecture, Worksheets: Comparative Anatomy, Patterns of Evolution (Divergen,
Convergent and coevolution), punctuated equilibrium, gradualism
Dry Lab: Predicting an Evolutionary Path (nails and screws)
Evolution communication assignment +/or Attenborough’s Darwin
Review and unit test
MHR text
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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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