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BIOLOGY I HONORS Course Code: 200032001
TOPIC VIII: EVOLUTION – Mechanisms of EvolutionESSENTIAL CONTENT / OBJECTIVES / INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS
A. Darwin’s Natural Selection (15.13)
1. Origins of Evolutionary Thought
a. Geologic Change (Lyell and Hutton)
b. Overpopulation and Resources (Malthus)
c. Acquired Traits (Lamarck)
2. Darwin’s Observations
a. Variation of Traits on Galapagos Islands
b. Adaptations Within Species
3. Natural Selection
a. Variation
b. Struggle for Existence
c. Survival of the Fittest / Differential Reproductive Success
d. Descent with Modification
e. Effect on biodiversity (15.3)
B. Introduction to Other Mechanisms (15.14, 15.15)
1. Rates of Evolution
a. Gradualism
b. Punctuated Equilibrium
2. Microevolution
a. Types of Natural Selection (Directional, Stabilizing, & Disruptive Selection)
b. Mutation
c. Non-random mating
d. Genetic Drift (Bottleneck & Founder Effect) (15.14)
e. Gene Flow – Migration
3. Patterns of Macroevolution
a. Extinction (Background vs. Mass)
b. Speciation(Reproductive, Geographic & Temporal Isolation)
c. Adaptive Radiation
d. Convergent Evolution
e. Coevolution / · Evaluate the contributions of scientists such as Darwin, Lamarck, Lyell, Malthus, Mendel, and Wallace aided in the development of the scientific theory of evolution.
· Summarize ideas from Darwin’s time that influenced his work.
· Recognize the criteria that biologists use for judging the validity of scientific theories and that among scientists there are different interpretations of data.
· Analyze conditions required for natural selection that result in differential reproductive success. (ALD)
· Describe the processes of adaptation and evolution using the tenets of Darwin.
· Summarize the scientific mechanisms resulting in evolutionary change. (ALD)
· Describe how biological diversity is increased by the origin of new species and how it is decreased by the natural process of extinction.
· Identify factors that could influence natural selection and explain an example such as, climate, overpopulation, mutations, recombination of genes and pollution.
· Explain how natural selection affects different types of traits in a species.
· Compare and contrast gradualism and punctuated equilibrium.
· Explain how (conceptually) genetic drift, gene flow, mutation, and natural selection contribute to changes in a gene pool.
· Analyze how and why organisms are hierarchically classified based on evolutionary relationship. (ALD) / Core Text Book: Chapter 16: 1-3,
Chapter 17: 2-3
Vocabulary:
adaptation, adaptive radiation, ancestor, artificial selection, bottleneck, coevolution, convergent evolution, directional selection, disruptive selection, evolution, extinction, fitness, founder effect , gene flow, gene pool, genetic drift, gradualism, mutation, natural selection, punctuated equilibrium, speciation, stabilizing selection
Technology:
1. NOVA: Explore the Galapagos
2. NOVA: Darwin’s Predictions
3. NOVA: What Darwin Never Knew
4. Lesson Overview: Patterns and Processes of Evolution
5. Online Simulation: Peppered Moths: In Black and White
6. Darwin in Historical Context: Overview
7. The Historical Setting
8. Hippocampus Biology: Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
9. Hippocampus Biology: Mechanisms of Evolution: Overview
10. Hippocampus Biology: The Process of Genetic Change
11. Hippocampus Biology: Mechanisms of Evolution: Summary
12. Bozeman Podcast: Coevolution
13. Bozeman Podcast: Genetic Drift
14. Bozeman Podcast: Microevolution
15. Bozeman Podcast: Natural Selection
16. Bozeman Podcast: Speciation and Extinction
17. Khan Academy: Introduction to Evolution and Natural Selection
18. Visual Analogy: Finch Beak Tools
19. Edgenuity
20. Extended Learning Modules
SC.912.L.15.13
SC.912.L.15.15 / Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Standard: SC.912.N.3.1 / / Video / · Meteorite Extinction Theory
· Theorizing Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
· Escaping Natural Selection / · String Theory
· Changing Theories on EvolutionGregor Mendel's Reseach on Pea Plants and His Development of Theories of Inheritance / · Support for the Theory of Evolution
· Cell Theory
· Did Charles Darwin Discover Evolution?
Standard: SC.912.N.3.4 / / Video / · Theories & Laws
· Mendel's Laws of Inheritance
· The Law of Segregation / · The Law of Independent Assortment
· Gas LawsThe First Law of Thermodynamics / · The Three Laws of Geology
· Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
· Newton's Laws of Motion
Standard: SC.912.N.15.3 / / Video / · What Do You Get if You Cross a Mouse With a Mango?: Speciation and Varieties of Species / · Speciation
· Evolution in Action / · The First Mass Extinction
· The First Extinctions on Earth
Standard: SC.912.N.15.13 / / Video / · Evolution: Setting the Stage
· Evolution in Action: Natural Selection
· Mechanisms of Evolution: Selection
· Darwin's Natural Selection / · Darwin, the Beagle, and Finches: Darwin Discovers Evidence of Natural Selection
· Agents of Evolution
· Charles Darwin's Journey to the Galapagos Islands / · Natural Selection: Survival of the Fittest
· Natural Selection, Competition, and Adaptations
· What Are Populations and Gene Pools?
Standard: SC.912.N.15.13 / / Article / · Spontaneous Generation
· Darwin, Charles Robert / · Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de / · Evolution
· Natural Selection
/ Quiz / · Great Books: The Origin of Species
Standard: SC.912.N.15.14 / / Video / · Evolution in Action: Genetic Drift
· Genetic Drift / · Evolution in Action: Gene Flow
· 5 Factors That Contribute to Gene Pool Changes Over Time
/ Audio / · Evolution: Sources of Variability: Genetic Drift / · Evolution: Sources of Genetic Variability: Gene Flow
Standard: SC.912.N.15.15 / / Video / · Evolution in Action
· Natural Selection and Mutations
· Genetics
/ Audio / · Evolution: Sources of Variability: Recombination
/ Video / · The Crowded Continent
· Scientists Seek to ‘Re-Tortoise’ Galapagos
· Sizing Up Lizards and Lizard Eggs: A Case Study of Adaptation
· Charles Darwin
· How Frogs ID the Mating Calls (or Croaks) of Their Species
· Reverse Evolution? Turkish Siblings Walk on All Fours, Not Upright
· A Pink ‘Flipper’? Rare Dolphin, Color of Cotton Candy, Sighted in Louisiana
· Mutating Flu Virus Spreads Faster
· Tomato: DECODED
· Woolly Mammoth to Go on Exhibit in Japan
· Survival of Penguins at Stake as Antarctic Ice Disappears
/ Image / · Darwin: "The Origin of Species" (Introduction)
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Learning Goals
BIOLOGY I HONORS Course Code: 200032001
SC.912.L15.13: Describe the conditions required for natural selection, including: overproduction of offspring, inherited variation, and the struggle to survive, which result in differential reproductive success. (Cognitive Complexity: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts)Scale / Learning Progression / Sample Progress Monitoring and Assessment Activities
Score/Step 5.0 / ð I am able to analyze conditions required for natural selection that result in differential reproductive success. / Investigate the conditions required for differential reproductive success.
Connect artificial selection as a model to learn about natural selection.
Score/Step 4.0 / ð I am able to evaluate conditions required for natural selection that result in differential reproductive success. / Evaluate how changes in the conditions required for natural selection affect the differential reproductive success in organisms.
Score/Step 3.0 Target
(Learning Goal) / ð I am able to relate the conditions required for natural selection to differential reproductive success. / Summarize natural selection in terms of how overproduction of offspring, inherited variation, and struggle to survive lead to differential reproductive success.
Score/Step 2.0 / ð I am able to identify the conditions required for natural selection. / Given a scenario, identify which of the four principles of natural selection is illustrated. (overproduction of offspring, inherited variation, struggle to survive, and differential reproductive success)
Score/Step 1.0 / ð I am able to define natural selection.
SC.912.L15.14: Discuss mechanisms of evolutionary change other than natural selection such as genetic drift and gene flow. (Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning)
Scale / Learning Progression / Sample Progress Monitoring and Assessment Activities
Score/Step 5.0 / ð I am able to assess the mechanisms resulting in evolutionary change. / Using a given scenario, predict the effect of genetic drift, nonrandom mating, and gene flow on a population.
Score/Step 4.0 / ð I am able to summarize the scientific mechanisms resulting in evolutionary change. / Use a graphic organizer to describe genetic drift, nonrandom mating, and gene flow with specific examples from nature.
Score/Step 3.0 Target
(Learning Goal) / ð I am able to recognize some of the scientific mechanisms resulting in evolutionary change. / Distinguish between genetic drift, nonrandom mating, and gene flow.
Score/Step 2.0 / ð I am able to recognize one scientific mechanism that results in evolutionary change. / Define genetic drift, nonrandom mating, or gene flow.
Score/Step 1.0 / ð I am able to recognize life changes over time.
SC.912.L15.15: Describe how mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic variation. (Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning)
Scale / Learning Progression / Sample Progress Monitoring and Assessment Activities
Score/Step 5.0 / ð I am able to relate mutation and genetic recombination to an increase in genetic variation. / Design an experiment that would test the impact of increased genetic variation on a population and relate the cause of increased genetic variation to mutation or genetic recombination.
Score/Step 4.0 / ð I am able to relate how mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic variation. / Use a graphic organizer to show how mutation and genetic recombination leads to an increase in the genetic variation of a population.
Score/Step 3.0 Target
(Learning Goal) / ð I am able to relate that mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic variation. / Distinguish between mutation and genetic recombination and relate each to increased genetic variation in a population.
Score/Step 2.0 / ð I am able to recall that mutation and genetic recombination increase genetic variation. / Identify causes of increased genetic variation in a population.
Score/Step 1.0 / ð I am able to understand there is genetic variation in a population.
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