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Biology A
Mrs. Sills
Week 5
September 9 – September 13, 2013
Origin of Life
Monday, September 9, 2013
 Data Analysis Lab 1
 History of the Earth Timeline
 Chapter 14 Study Guide
Standards: B.8.1 & B.8.7
Essential Questions: Where did biological events occur?
Homework: Study for Chapter 14 Quiz and Read Chapter 15.1
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
 15.1 Notes – Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection
 Ch 14 Origins of Life Quiz
Standards: B.8.4 and B.8.7
Essential Questions: What evidence convinced Darwin that species could change over
time?
What are the four principles of natural selection?
How can natural selection change a population?
Homework: Read Chapter 15.2
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
 15.2 Notes – Evidence of evolution
 Study guide
Standards: B.8.1 B.8.3 and B.8.7
Essential Questions: How do fossils provide evidence of evolution?
How does morphology provide evidence of evolution?
How does biochemistry provide evidence of evolution?
Homework: Read Chapter 15.3
Thursday, September 12, 2013
 Darwin’s finches: the right beak for evolution
 Study guide
Standards: B.8.3 and B.8.7
Essential Questions: To use various tools to model natural selection and its effects on
finch beaks found on the Galapagos Islands.
Homework: Lab questions
Friday, September 13, 2013
 15.3 Notes – Shaping evolutionary theory
 Study guide
Standards: NOS 6 and NOS 7
Essential Questions: What are the conditions of the Hardy-Weinberg Principle?
What patterns can be observed in evolution?
What factors influence speciation?
Homework: Make sure you have read chapter 15
Biology A
Mrs. Sills
B.8.1 Explain how anatomical and molecular similarities among organisms suggests that life
on earth began as simple, one-celled organisms about 4 billion years ago and multicellular
organisms evolved later.
B.8.3 Use anatomical and molecular evidence to establish evolutionary relationships among
organisms.
B.8.4 Understand that molecular evidence supports the anatomical evidence for these
evolutionary relationships and provides additional information about the order in which
different lines of descent branched.
B.8.7 Describe the modern scientific theory of the origins and history of life on earth and
evaluate the evidence that supports it.
NOS 6 – Use analogies and models (mathematical and physical) to simplify and represent
systems that are difficult to understand or directly experience due to their size, time, scale, or
complexity, and recognize the limitations of analogies and models.
NOS 7 – Focus on the development of explanatory models based on their observations
during laboratory investigations.