1. DO NOW
Date:
JAN 20th
What are the two parts of a scientific name? Why do we use scientific names?

2. -Watch a video about Charles Darwin.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
Q. How do natural biological processes result in the development of new species?
OBJECTIVES:
-Watch a video about Charles Darwin.
-Take two-column notes on the Finches of the Galapagos Islands.

3. Copy the notes below into your notebook on page 13:
Jan. 20th
DO NOW:
Copy the notes below into your notebook on page 13:
For evolution by natural selection to happen, there must be:
1. Variation
2. Inheritable Traits
3. Natural Selection
Dendroica coronata coronata

4. Copy the definition onto page 13:
Notes cont’d:
Copy the definition onto page 13:
Natural Selection: organisms that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce; the environment “chooses” who lives and who dies.
Dendroica coronata coronata

5. Video
NOVA: What Darwin Never Knew

6. 2 Column Notes
-You will read GALAPAGOS FINCHES: Famous Beaks -In your notebook on page 14, you will complete 2-column notes as outlined in the reading. -CLASS SET ALERT!!! DO NOT WRITE on the article

7. DO NOW
Date:
JAN 21st & 22nd
Describe an organism that is closely related to snakes.  Explain why you believe they are related.

8. -Adaptations Practice.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
Q. How do natural biological processes result in the development of new species?
OBJECTIVES:
-Adaptations Practice.
-Watch Planet Earth Videos and determine how Environmental changes will affect species.

9. Adaptive Advantages Complete the handout on your own first.
Once completed, compare and discuss your answers with a partner.

10. Planet Earth We will watch 4 clips
As you watch the clips fill in the information on your sheet including:
-Species
-Environment
-Adaptations
After the clip, compare your information with your group.

11. Planet Earth
Once the clip is over, you will be given an environmental change.
Determine which species is most likely to survive, and what adaptations must occur in that species to ensure its survival.
Fill in your explanation on your sheet, and prepare to present, as a group, your predictions.

12. The Arctic
Polar bears 1
Polar Bears 2

13. The Arctic Environmental change:
Global warming has cause all of the arctic ice to melt leaving open ocean where there was once hard ice to walk and hunt on.

14. African Desert
Elephant vs. Lion

15. African Desert Environmental Change:
Weather patterns begin to change resulting in large amounts of rain year round.

16. Deciduous Forest
Wasps

17. Deciduous Forest Environmental Change
Drought causes the trees to produce far less acorns, and the ones that are produced are half the size.

18. Antarctic
Fur Seals and Penguins

19. Antarctic Environmental Change:
There is no change. Discuss what adaptations could occur if the environment stays the same.

20. Presentation Expectations
Presenters:
Speak clearly and loudly
Audience
-Listen Quietly
-Decide whether you agree or disagree
-When presentation is over, you may be called upon to share your thoughts

21. Finish animal poster from last week
-Name of the animal
-Drawing of the animal
-Biome (with brief description) animal lives in
-Label internal and/or external structures that help the animal survive.
-Brief summary of the animal’s:
*adaptations
*food/water source
*any other information you want to include
***************Use color!******************

22. 1. Adaptation 2. Population 3. Variation
DO-NOW
Jan 23rd
On your Do Now Sheet, match the vocabulary word to the correct example..
1. Adaptation Population 3. Variation
Picture A
Picture B
Picture C

23. -Adaptations Practice.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
Q. How do natural biological processes result in the development of new species?
OBJECTIVES:
-Adaptations Practice.
- Understanding how natural selection allows for the survival of members of a species with specific traits

24. Engage
When the Galápagos were first formed, there were no plants or animals on the islands.
In your comp book, write about some ways that plants and animals from South America could have found their way to these rocky islands.
Be prepared to share!

25. Galapagos Islands