Unit+4+Evolution

=The Study of Evolution= ==**The study of evolution is vast and your book takes four chapters to cover it, 5 if you include human evolution. Chpt 10 covers Evidence for Evolution, Chpt 11 covers Mechanisms of Evolution, Chpt 12 covers Adaptation and Species, and Chpt 13 covers The History of Life. We will begin this unit with p. 20-23 of Chpt 2 and then look at Chapter 13, which covers the earth's early history, the beginnings of life, and how life has unfolded in the fossil record. From there, we will look at how life can evolve, examining Lamarck's hypothesis and then Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection (Chpt 11 & 12), and the evidence for evolution (Chpt 10). Finally, we look at patterns of evolution and patterns of speciation (Chpt 12). Throughout this unit we will be viewing an Evolution series as it applies to our study.**== = =







[|miller & urey exp] [|interactive Miller & Urey exp] [|miller & urey tutorial exp] [|endosymbiont animation]

[|bacteria - the beginning] [|our history in 2 minutes]

[|Lamarck's hypothesis] [|evolution of giraffe neck] [|animation of natural selection] [|modes of natural selection] [|rediscovery of the coelacanth]

[|peat bog bodies] [|insects in amber] [|la brea tar pits] [|wooly mammoth in ice] [|reading about extinctions]

[|finches adaptive radiation] [|behavioral isolation meadowlarks] [|animal camouflage] [|octopuscamouflage] [|coevolution] [|blue-ringed octopus warning] [|warning coloration images] [|monarch & viceroy] [|coral snake] [|coral vs milk snake] [|gradualism vs. punctuated equilibrium]


 * Tues, 10/3 (B) & Wed, 10/4 (F&H): Taxonomy Test,** when finished begin reading p. 20-23 in Chpt 2, study guide & info on evolution, work on planaria lab or research. **Homework: Complete reading and questions for //Regrowing Human Limbs// for next class,** read p. 20-23, open & read first 2 pages of begoflife notes above, Chpt 13 reading assignment due Mon, 10/9 (B) & Tues, 10/10 (F&H).
 * Thurs, 10/5 (B) & Fri, 10/6 (F&H):** Reading assignment due, begin first notes above, beginning of life, half-life activity, view miller & urey animations above. **Homework: Chpt 13 reading assignment.**
 * Mon, 10/9 (B) & Tues, 10/10 (F&H): Chpt 13 reading assignment due,** finish begoflife notes, begin notes on geology, begin Evolution of Life lab with geologic timescale. **Homework: finish evolution of life lab,** finish planaria research by end of week, read planaria introduction info.
 * Wed, 10/11:(B) & Thurs, 10/12 (F&H): Evolution of life lab due, f**inish bioevolgeology notes, go over Chpt 13 reading assigmt, begin larmarckdarwin notes. **Homework: Read planaria regeneration procedure, make hypotheses, finish planaria research, Chpt 10 reading** **assignment due Wed, 10/18 (B) & Thurs, 10/19 (F*H).**
 * Mon, 10/16 (B) & Tues, 10/17 (F&H): Begin Planaria Regeneration Experiment.** Continue with evolution, finishing up geology notes (B), beginning Lamarck & Darwin notes. **Homework: Check planaria, read Chpt 10.**
 * Wed, 10/18 (B) & Thurs, 10/19 (F&H): Chpt 10 reading assignment due,** **check planaria & change water at end of day,** notes on Lamarck & Darwin, view animations, view whale evolution on //Evolution// DVD. **Homework: finish planaria research and start writing the introduction to the report. Also open and read and/or copy evidence of evolution notes.**
 * Mon, 10/23 (F&H) & Tues, 10/24 (B): Change water and check worms at beginning of day.** Evidence of Evolution notes, view tetrapod segmext, AIDS segment, and eye segment on //Evolution// DVD. **Homework: Chpt 11 & 12 reading assignment, Period B read lab.**


 * Testing Day, Wed. 10/25: No class, but remember to change planaria water when finished with testing.**


 * Thurs, 10/26 (F&H) & Fri, 10/27 (B): Change water, check and measure worms.** Finish evidence of evolution and complete natural selection lab in class.
 * Homework:** natural selection lab questions.
 * Mon, 10/30 (F&H)****: Natural Selection lab questions due,** wrap up evolution unit with last set of notes, patterns of evolution.


 * Tues, 10/31: No Class. Junior Retreat.**
 * Wed, 11/1: All Saints Day. Raffle ticket holiday, no school.**


 * Thurs, 11/2 (B): Natural Selection lab questions due,** wrap up evolution unit with last set of notes, patterns of evolution. **Final check & measurement on worms, take down experiment.**
 * Fri, 11/3 (F&H): Final check & measurements of worms, take down experiment.** Begin next unit Biodiversity with symmetry. **Homework: Study for Evolution test, take home essay.**
 * Tues, 11/7 (B):** Begin next unit Biodiversity with symmetry. **Homework: Study for Evolution test, take home essay.**
 * Wed, 11/8 (F&H) & Thurs, 11/9 (B): Evolution test.**