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Biology – 9
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Objective: Students will begin to understand the The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
Test, Grades, Row Wars,
 Theory, Law, Fact
 Word Play
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Law
Theory
Population
Evolution
Natural Selection
Adaptation
Reproductive Isolation
Gradualism
Punctuated equilibrium
Vestigial structures
Homologous Structures
Divergence
Speciation
Subspecies
Gene Flow
Nonrandom Mating
Genetic Drift
Directional Selection
Stabilizing Selection
Biological Species
Phylogeny
Convergent Evolution
Analogous characters
Cladistics
Ancestral Character
Derived character
Cladogram
Phylogenic tree
Do Something Cool Project – Due Thursday
Jan. 9th
Test: Final Exam
FACT
THEORY
LAW
 Most
folks think:
FACT
LAW
THEORY
 Most
folks think:
FACT
LAW
THEORY
 In
reality:
THEORY
LAW
Proof
“FACT”
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Objective: Students will understand the relationship of the terms used in the study
of evolution.
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Word Play
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Law
Theory
Population
Evolution
Natural Selection
Adaptation
Reproductive Isolation
Gradualism
Punctuated equilibrium
Vestigial structures
Homologous Structures
Divergence
Speciation
Subspecies
Gene Flow
Nonrandom Mating
Genetic Drift
Directional Selection
Stabilizing Selection
Biological Species
Phylogeny
Convergent Evolution
Analogous characters
Cladistics
Ancestral Character
Derived character
Cladogram
Phylogenic tree
Test: Final Exam
 Objective:
Students will understand what
science is and what science is not.
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Evidence for Evolution
Class Work: Evidence for Evolution
Test: Final Exam
 Objective:
Students will understand the
evidence for evolution.
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Video: What Darwin Didn’t Know
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10 Notes
 Objective:
Students will understand the
evidence for evolution.
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Video: What Darwin Didn’t Know
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10 Notes
Homework: The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection pgs. 276 - 282
 Objective:
Students will Understand the
evidence for evolution.
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Finish: Do Something Cool – Due Thursday!
Group: Review What We Know So Far.
Darwin’s Theory
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Prep for Amylase Lab
Homework: Evidence for Evolution pgs. 283 - 287
Test: Final Exam
TIME!!!
 Darwin
observed…
 Populations grow…
 Natural selection is… based on…
 Darwin’s Theory states …
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Students will see the variation in
organisms exists and that this variation is the
result of their genes.
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Amylase and Starch Lab.
Test: Final Exam
 Objective:
Students will understand natural
selection and the evidence behind the
Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection.
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Review of Amylase Lab
Darwin’s Theory
Web-Labs
Homework: Finish Web-Labs
Test: Final Exam
 Amylase
is an… that is coded for in…
 The data shows…
 Amylase production is (same/different)
because…
 Diversity in populations comes…
 The
Butterflies showed evolution because…
 The mice showed evolution because…
 Populations evolve if…
 Populations don’t evolve when…
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Homework: How Populations Evolve, Read/Notes Pgs. 326-332
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Students will understand the
Hardy-Weinberg Principal and the concept of
Microevolution.
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How populations evolve?
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Sentence Stems
Discussion: Hardy Weinberg and Allele Frequency
Test: Final Exam
Home work: Hardy Weinberg Problems
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Students will understand the
Hardy-Weinberg Principal and the concept of
Microevolution.
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Hardy Weinberg and Allele Frequency
Test: Final Exam
Home work: Hardy Weinberg Problems
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Students will understand HardyWeinberg and allele frequency and how
populations evolve.
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Review Hardy Weinberg – work sheet and
evolution
Natural selection and Punctuated Equillibrium..
 Individuals
(can/cannot) evolve because…
 Evolution is based on…
 A population is evolving if…
 A population doesn’t evolve if…
 The
cacti are changing because…
 This is an example of… because
 The
cacti are changing because…
 This is an example of… because
 The
cacti are changing because…
 This is an example of… because…
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Students will understand how
cladograms are constructed and some of the
weaknesses in cladograms in determining
evolutionary histories.
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Construct a system to classify organisms
Study Group Construct a Cladogram
Present cladogram to class
What are the weaknesses in cladograms? What
would be helpful in determining these
relationships?
Complete evolutionary relationship.
Home work: How Biologists Classify Organisms pgs. 305 - 310
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Students will understand the
difference between cladograms and
phylogenic trees. They will also understand
the order of biological classification.
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Complete a Phylogram through DNA Analysis
S.G. Discuss your new phylogram and place one
on the whiteboard
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Sentence Stem:
 Phylograms … Cladograms …
Classification of Organisms
 Cladograms
are used to…
 Cladograms are based on…
 Cladograms don’t …
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__________ share the most recent common ancestry
because…
__________ share the most distant common ancestry
because…
Phylograms are (same/different) than cladograms
because…
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Students will understand the
benefits of using DNA to determine
evolutionary histories
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Study Group
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Review your phylogeny
Place one on the white board
Complete Sentence Stems on Whiteboard
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__________ share the most recent common ancestry
because…
__________ share the most distant common ancestry
because…
Phylograms are (same/different) than
cladograms
Test:
Friday, February 17th
because…
• predict behavior in the natural
world
• well-supported by observations
and/or experimental evidence.
 Rules
for how nature
will behave under
certain conditions
 Push gas car moves
 Overarching
explanations
 Pistons, pressure,
explosion of gas, torque
etc.
 Science
is…
 Science is not…
 Science is based on…
 Theories in science are…