2. Frameworks and birds: example
Explain how evolution is demonstrated by evidence from the fossil record, comparative anatomy, genetics, molecular biology, and examples of natural selection. (HS 5.1)
Give examples of ways in which genetic variation and environmental factors are causes of evolution and the diversity of organisms. (MS 1)
Darwin's finches

5. Certrhidea fusca

6. Geospiza scandens

7. G. magnirostris

8. G. fortis

9. G. fulignosa

14. Frameworks and birds: example
Explain how evolution is demonstrated by evidence from the fossil record, comparative anatomy, genetics, molecular biology, and examples of natural selection. (HS 5.1) (see also 5.2)
Recognize that evidence drawn from geology, fossils, and comparative anatomy provides the basis of the theory of evolution. (MS 2)
birds and dinos

17. Compsognathus

20. Microraptor gui

21. Microraptor gui

22. Frameworks and birds: example
Explain how evolution through natural selection can result in changes in biodiversity through the increase or decrease of genetic diversity within a population. (HS 5.3)
Give examples of ways in which organisms interact and have different functions within an ecosystem that enable the ecosystem to survive.(MS 4)
form/function, incl wing shape

24. web page: W. J. Maybury

26. Lift is proportional to:
area of airfoil
square of airspeed

31. pallid swift

33. Broad-winged and sharp-shinned hawks

35. Frameworks and birds: example
Analyze changes in population size and biodiversity (speciation and extinction) that result from the following: natural causes, changes in climate, human activity, and the introduction of invasive, non-native species. (HS 6.2)
Relate the extinction of species to a mismatch of adaptation and the environment. (MS 3)
endangered species, invasive species

36. NYC 1851

37. NYC 1890

38. french settlers 1600s

40. Aepyornis

44. 1982 Only 21 birds remained in the wild.
Prehistory
A healthy population of California condors ranged throughout the coastal regions of North America from British Columbia to Baja California, east to Florida and north to New York.
1602 First recorded sighting of a California Condor by a European, Father Antonio de la Ascension, in Monterey Bay, California. The condor served as a deity figure in Native American cultures.
1805 On October 28, Lewis and Clark reported a sighting of a condor, referring to it as a "Vulture of the Columbia", near the junction of the Wind River and the Columbia River in present-day Washington State. The next day, they shot one for a closer look.
1806 On February 16, members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition brought the leaders a live condor whereupon they performed an extensive visual examination of the bird.
1827 A large group of California condors was seen near Fort Vancouver feasting upon the carcasses of horses killed in a storm.
1904 The last reliable sighting of a California condor in Oregon occurred in Drain.
1939 National Audubon Society researcher Carl B. Koford began intensive field studies of the California Condor providing some of the first authoritative information about the species. He estimated 60 to 100 condors remained in the wild.
1967 The California condor is included in the first federal list of U.S. Endangered Species.
1975 California Condor Recovery Team established and the recovery plan adopted.
1979 U.S. Congress approved first special designation to expedite California Condor Recovery Plan. Field survey program launched.
1982 Only 21 birds remained in the wild.
1987 The 17 remaining free-flying condors were taken into captivity.
1988 First successful breeding among California Condors occurred at the San Diego Zoo.
1992 Two California Condors were reintroduced into the wild accompanied by two Andean condors.
1996 On June 15, the 100th chick born in captivity hatched at the L.A. Zoo.
1999 Several older birds observed feeding on a sea lion carcass in an isolated cove along the Big Sur coastline. This was the first documentation of condors foraging on marine mammals along the Big Sur coast in more than 100 years.
2001
Oregon Zoo joined the California Condor Recovery Program as the fourth captive breeding partner.
Offspring of a conservation-reared condor pair becoame first chick to hatch in wild since 1984.
2002 Last wild condor captured in 1987 for captive breeding program released back to the wild.
2003 Construction of Oregon Zoo's off-site condor facility initiated. Condors arrive at facility on November 20.
2004 First condor chick to be born in Oregon, after more than a century, hatched at Oregon Zoo on May 9.
2005
Second condor chick born at Oregon Zoo's breeding facility hatched on April 18.
The offsite Condor breeding facility under went construction of additional breeding space and a pre-release "boot camp" for juvenile condors.
Third condor chick born at the Oregon Zoo's breeding facility hatched on May 9.
2006
Fourth condor chick born at the Oregon Zoo's breeding facility hatched on April 19.
Fifth condor chick born at the Oregon Zoo's breeding facility hatched on May 13.
2007 Four condors from the Oregon Zoo were transported to Idaho for holding before release in Arizona. Watch the video
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48. Frameworks and birds: example
Ecology
Central Concept: Ecology is the interaction among organisms and between organisms and their environment. (HS 6)
behavior, then feeders

60. Scientific inquiry skills
Make observations, raise questions, and formulate hypotheses.

61. Scientific inquiry skills
Make observations, raise questions, and formulate hypotheses.
Design and conduct scientific investigations.

62. Scientific inquiry skills
Make observations, raise questions, and formulate hypotheses.
Design and conduct scientific investigations.
Analyze and interpret results of scientific investigations

63. Scientific inquiry skills
Make observations, raise questions, and formulate hypotheses.
Design and conduct scientific investigations.
Analyze and interpret results of scientific investigations.
Communicate and apply the results of scientific investigations.

64. Prelude to inquiry
What do scientists do?

65. Prelude to inquiry
What do scientists do?
Observation

66. Observation, question, hypothesis
What is a hypothesis?
might be preceded by activities on What is science? and What do scientists do? Maybe some case studies of scientists or visits by scientists.

67. Observation, question, hypothesis
What is a hypothesis?
What do I wonder?
might be preceded by activities on What is science? and What do scientists do? Maybe some case studies of scientists or visits by scientists.

68. Observation, question, hypothesis
What is a hypothesis?
What do I wonder?
What do I already know?
might be preceded by activities on What is science? and What do scientists do? Maybe some case studies of scientists or visits by scientists.

69. Observation, question, hypothesis
What is a hypothesis?
What do I wonder?
What do I already know?
How do I turn my question into a hypothesis?
might be preceded by activities on What is science? and What do scientists do? Maybe some case studies of scientists or visits by scientists.

70. Testing the hypothesis
What predictions does my hypothesis make?
might be preceded by activities on What is science? and What do scientists do? Maybe some case studies of scientists or visits by scientists.

71. Testing the hypothesis
What predictions does my hypothesis make?
What experiment would test the prediction(s)?
might be preceded by activities on What is science? and What do scientists do? Maybe some case studies of scientists or visits by scientists.

72. Testing the hypothesis
What predictions does my hypothesis make?
What experiment would test the prediction(s)?
independent variable
dependent variable
controlled variables
might be preceded by activities on What is science? and What do scientists do? Maybe some case studies of scientists or visits by scientists.

73. Testing the hypothesis
What predictions does my hypothesis make?
What experiment would test the prediction(s)?
How will I know if my hypothesis was supported?
might be preceded by activities on What is science? and What do scientists do? Maybe some case studies of scientists or visits by scientists.

74. Analyze and interpret results
graphs
quantitative comparison (simple statistics)
identify sources of measurement error
use of software

75. Communicate and explain results
written report
poster session
talk with visual aids

76. Citizen science
google "Cornell citizen science"