TEACHER / WISE
DATES
SUBJECT / BIOLOGY 1 HONORS
PERIODS / 2,3
LESSON
TITLE / EVOLUTION AND CLASSIFICATION
LINK WITH PRIOR LEARNING / Genes and mutations
OBJECTIVES
  • Describe the formation of the first cells. This is called the heterotroph hypothesis.
  • Analyze experimental evidence that proves spontaneous generation could have occurred under early atmospheric conditions.
  • Explain the formation of eukaryotic cells according to the endosymbiont theory.
  • Analyze the experiments of Redi and Pasteur that disprove spontaneous generation under current conditions.
  • Explain examples of fossil evidence as it pertains to evidence for evolution (gradualism or punctuated equilibrium).
  • Analyze amino acid sequences of various organisms to identify evolutionary relationships (common ancestry).
  • Analyze homologous and vestigial structures to identify evolutionary relationships (common ancestry).
  • Explain the process of natural selection including variation, overproduction, competition and survival of the best adapted.
  • Apply Darwin’s process of natural selection to the evolution of a favorable trait in a specific organism.
  • Explain that mutation and sexual reproduction provide the variation necessary for natural selection.
  • Explain that organisms with favorable adaptations survive, reproduce, and pass those adaptations to their offspring.
  • Provide examples of structural, behavioral and physiological adaptations that evolved due to natural selection.
  • Model the process of natural selection in a simulation.
  • Explain that evolution occurs when the gene pool changes- not at the individual level.
  • Describe examples of stabilizing, directional, and disruptive selection as a result of environmental conditions.
  • Explain that geographic isolation may lead to reproductive isolation, which may result in speciation.
  • Describe the evolution of pesticide resistant insects and antibiotic resistant bacteria using Darwin’s theory of natural selection.
  • Describe the selective advantage of viruses that are able to mutate quickly, making them more difficult to treat or prevent.
  • Provide examples of passive versus active immunity to infections.

DAY/ NOTES TO TEACHER / OVERVIEW / STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
1 / (Go over genetics test)
Notes Handout
Introduce Famous Scientist
Bill Nye Sexual Selection
Natural Selection—Peppered Moth Simulation
Assign Notes HW (Ch 15 366-386) / Begin Sum Log Notes
Due in 2 days SumLog pages 366-386
2 / PPT- (beginning goes with notes)
Woolyboogers
Begin PPT / Evolution Pres PPT
See Word Notes
Gizmo In class: Rainfall and Bird Beaks
HW: Evolution- Mutation and Selection
20 Points (long assignment)
3 / Notes Quiz—Chapter 15 Evolution
Page 366-386
Complete PPT
Probe-Health and Disease
Prep for Antibiotic Discussion
“Farmer and her Flies” (simple-only if time in Honors) / 4 Billion Year Legacy
Life in the Trees from Life on Earth (Laurin has DVD)
.
Bring antibiotic resistance, “Superbugs” articles on date
4 / 4 Billion Year Legacy or
Cosmos Updated.
“Evidence for Evolution” Molecular Evidence Activity (with Lamprey, Bullfrog, etc) / Molecular Clock Worksheet/Make a Cladogram/ and or Classifying Oaks with DNA-from Biology Inquiries
5 / Superbugs-Antibiotic Discussion / Discussion: “Should antibiotic use be restricted?”
Page 403
6 / BILL NYE AND LIFE IN TREES
“Evidence for Evolution” Molecular Evidence Activity (with Lamprey, Bullfrog, etc)
“What makes us different?”
Time Article
Finish What Makes Us Different? / Assignment: Virus Pamplet

QUIZ- ALL EVOLUTION SO FAR

Life on Earth—Life in the Trees

Classification Overview

Seven Level Classification (KPCO…)
Binomial Nomenclature-Rules for writing Latin names / “Classification—bringing order to diversity” Video
Mutation and Selection Gizmo Due
Kingdom Booklet
Animalis stuffidus (done with PPT) and practice terms
Classification terms wkst
Dec 2 /

Virus Day:

Hot Zone Quiz
Bring Virus Brochure
“How the Tiger Changed its Fur”
Gene Pool Activity / M&M lab “Why did the Tiger Change it Fur?”
Used two 12.6 oz bags of Christmas M&Ms for 1 class of 27 (and had few left over!)
Can make this better by relating to Pop Genetics, (Gene Pool, allele frequency, etc.)
Evolution of Populations (HW assumptions)
Types of Selection: Directional, Stabilizing, Disruptive / Look at Pogil Activities
Dichotomous Key
Review
Test-Evolution and Classification / Darwin and the Theory of Evolution: 15.1, 15.2 15.3 Evolution of Populations 16.1; Life on Earth 17.
Classification 18.1, 18.2, 18.3
Evolution PPT
History of Life 425-428
Videos: "4 Billion Year Legacy", "Life in Trees"
Cladogram
Classification Notes Classification Packet
Dichotomous Key