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Unit 1 Learning Goals
Learning Target
Describe the characteristics of living
things.
Vocabulary
Activity
Reproduction
Cells
Genetic code
Metabolism
Homeostasis
Evolution
Scavenger hunt
Apply scientific method to solve
problems.
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Control
Qualitative
Quantitative
Theory
Bug Bowl lab
x-word puzzle
Describe how organisms are
organized for study according to
Linnaeus’s classification system.
Taxonomy
Classification
Binomial nomenclature
Taxon
DKPCOFGS
All the kingdoms
Prokaryote
Eukaryote
Heterotroph
Autotroph
Automorphic trait
Synapamorphic trait
Biodiversity project
Classification chart
Identify the principle behind
cladistic analysis
Evolutionary History
Phylogeny
Common ancestors
Cladogram Notes
Fossil Lab
Cladogram lab
Justify how evolutionary
relationships are important in
classification.
Fossil Record
DNA analysis
Molecular Clock-(mutation)
Understanding
Cladogram worksheet
Classify living organisms found in
the environment by constructing a
cladogram.
Raisins in jar
Fossil Lab
Cladogram Lab
Identify how Darwin/Wallace and
Lamarck thought species evolve.
Acquired characteristics (Lamarck)
Natural Selection (Darwin)
Evolution Notes
Galapagos Video
Describe how evolution occurs by
natural selection.
Variation
Feeding Frenzy Lab
Galapagos Video
Identify adaptations that allow
organisms to survive in their
environment.
Analyze the evidence used to
support that all species change over
time.
Identify important patterns of
macroevolution.
Galapagos video
Evolution Notes
Homologous structures
Vestigial Structures
Analogous structures
Embryonic development
DNA/RNA evidence (Biochemical)
Fossil Record
Fossil ID lab
Evolution Notes