Download SBI3U - Evolution - OISE-IS-BIOLOGY-2011-2012

Erin Woods, Jasmine Chong, Michael Carlson, and Sandeep Bening
PART ONE: The Resources
SBI3U – Evolution Unit
Category
Basic Concepts of Science
Skills of Inquiry & Communication
Nature of Science (NOS)
Relationships Amongst Sciences, Technologies,
Societies and Environments
By the end of these lessons, students will:
Grade 11
Resource Type
1. Historical Case Study: Darwin’s Finches and
Natural Selection
2. Hook/Teacher Demonstration: Environment
Stresses and Change
3. Wet Lab: Natural Selection and Mutation
4. Recent Research Development: Reviewing a
Scientific Paper on Escherichia coli Evolution
5. Dry Lab: Case Study on Penicillin and
Antibiotic Resistance
6. Contemporary Issues-based Case Study:
Genetically Modified Foods: Good or Bad?
1. Darwin’s Finches and Natural Selection
C2.1. use appropriate terminology related to evolution
C3.1. explain the fundamental theory of evolution, using the evolutionary mechanism of natural
selection to illustrate the process of biological change over time
2. Environment Stresses and Change
C1.2 Evaluate the possible impact of an environmental change on natural selection and on the
vulnerability of species
C2.1 Use appropriate terminology related to evolution
C3.2 Explain the process of adaptation of individual organisms to their environment
3. Natural Selection and Mutation
C2.4 investigate, through a case study or computer simulation, the processes of natural
selection and artificial selection, and analyse the different mechanisms by which they occur
C3.4 describe some evolutionary mechanisms, and explain how they affect the evolutionary
development and extinction of various species
4. Reviewing a Scientific Paper on Eschericia coli Evolution
C1.2 evaluate the possible impact of an environmental change on natural selection and on the
vulnerability of species
C2.2 use a research process to investigate some of the key factors that affect the evolutionary
process
5. Case Study on Penicillin and Antibiotic Resistance
C2.4 investigate, through a case study or computer simulation, the processes of natural
selection and artificial selection, and analyse the different mechanisms by which they occur
C3.2 explain the process of adaptation of individual organisms to their environment
6. Genetically Modified Foods: Good or Bad?
C1.1 analyse, on the basis of research, the economic and environmental advantages and
disadvantages of an artificial selection technology
Evolution Unit Overview
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Introduction: History
of Evolution
Before the Theory
of Evolution
Darwin's Finches
and Natural
Selection
Genetic Variation
and Genetic Drift
Sexual Selection
and Artificial
Selection
Diagnostic
Assessment: Exit
Card
(1. Historical Case
Study)
Formative
Assessment: Placemat Activity
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10
Environment
Stresses and Change
Assessment: Quiz
#1
Natural Selection
and Mutation
Work Period for
Lab Write-up
Adaptation
(2. Hook/Teacher
Demonstration)
Speciation
(3. Wet Lab)
Day 11
Day 12
Day 13
Day 14
Reviewing a
Scientific Paper on
Escherichia coli
Evolution
Assessment: Quiz
#2
Case Study on
Penicillin and
Antibiotic
Resistance
Genetically
Modified Foods
Fossils
(4. Recent Research
Development)
(5. Dry Lab)
Day 16
Day 17
Day 18
Debate Debrief and
Test Review
Test Review
Summative
Assessment:
Formative
Assessment: Exit
Card
Unit Test
(6. Contemporary
Issues-based Case
Study)
Formative
Assessment:
Reflection on Quiz 1
& improvement
strategies for Quiz 2
Day 15
Debate on
Genetically
Modified Foods