Download Unit 6 Notes and Discussion: Origin of Life

Unit 7: Evolution and Origin of Life
Test Date ____________
Chapter 14: pages 278-291
Chapter 15: pages 297-315
Unit Learning Targets (L.T.):
By the end of the unit, students will be able to:
The History of Life on Earth – Chapter 14
1. Describe explanations and experiments concerning the origin of life and
evolution of the first cell.
2. Identify changes that occurred on the Earth and its atmosphere as a result
of the evolution of cyanobacteria.
3. Explain how and why organisms moved from the oceans to the land.
4. Explain the basic order of evolution of organisms.
5. Compare and contrast humans to early hominids and primates.
Evolution – Chapter 15
6. Explain how Darwin’s discoveries and ideas of his time led him to
develop the idea of natural selection.
7. Describe the process of natural selection.
8. Explain how natural selection can lead to the formation of new species.
9. Explain the evidence for evolution found in fossils, organism
comparisons and DNA.
10. Describe how Darwin’s discoveries together with later developed
genetic principles formed the theory of evolution.
11. Compare and contrast patterns of evolution.
Vocabulary:
Group 1
vertebrates
Archaea
bipedalism
ozone
adaptation
artificial selection
spontaneous generation
coacervates
Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
cyanobacteria
evolution
biogenesis
microspheres
hominids
natural selection
fossils
endosymbiosis
Group 2
vestigial structures
paleontologist
superposition
convergent evolution
divergent evolution
transitional species mutations
homologous structures
radioactive decay
recombination of alleles
adaptive radiation
half-life
isotopes
analogous structures transitional species
radiometric/carbon dating
coevolution
Topic and Learning
Targets
Activities/Labs/In-class Work
Homework*
Origin of Life
L.T. - 1
Reading Activity: Origin of Life
Unit 6 Notes and Discussion: Origin of Life
Review Part 1
Evolution of Life
L.T. – 2,3,4
Unit 6 Notes and Discussion: Evolution of Life
Activity: Once in a Million Years
Review Part 2
Human Evolution
L.T. - 5
Unit 6 Notes and Discussion: Human Evolution
Video: Becoming Human
Activity: Skull Comparison
Finish Lab
Darwin and Natural
Selection
L.T. – 6
Quick Write: Define Evolution
Reading Activity: The Idea of Evolution
Unit 6 Notes/Discussion: Darwin’s Discoveries
and Introduction of Natural Selection
Video: Galapagos Islands
Review Part 3
Natural Selection
L.T. – 7,8
Quiz: Origin of Life
Activity: Natural Selection
Unit 1 Notes/Discussion: Adaptations
Activity: Adaptations
Finish Activity if not
completed in class
Evidence for Evolution
L.T - 9
Unit 6 Notes/Discussion: Evidence for Evolution
Computer Activity: Analogies vs. Homologies
Video: “How do we know evolution happens?”
Finish Activity
Evidence for Evolution
L.T - 9
Unit 6 Notes/ Discussion: Evidence for Evolution
Lab: Half-Life
Review Part 4
Support for Darwin
L.T. – 10,11
Unit 6 Notes/Discussion: Support for Darwin and
Patterns of Evolution
Reading Activity: Coevolution
Review Part 5
Unit Review
Activity: Evolution Concept Map
Review Activities
Study for Test
Unit Test
Unit Test
No Homework
* Please note – Additional homework may be added as necessary. Any changes discussed in
class and written on the board should be added to homework listed above by the student and
will be due as discussed in class.