1. Warm-Up
Start a new table of contents/section for 4th Quarter – Life Science: Ecology & EOG Review
Write your homework, have it stamped
Title page 1 “The Big Question”
Date
Session #
Activity
Page
4/8 1
“The Big Question”
1-2
Evolution 3
Natural Selection 4

2. Warm-Up Everything Evolves.
Step 1: Write the following statement at the top of page 1:
Everything Evolves.
Step 2: Come up with as many questions as possible about this statement as a class. Write down everybody’s questions on page 1!

3. IMPROVING THE QUESTIONS
You might have these two kinds of questions in your list:
Closed-ended questions – they can be answered with “yes” or “no” or with one word.
Open-ended questions – they require an explanation and cannot be answered with yes” or “no” or with one word.
Identify each question with an “O” or a “C”

4. Evolution Connection Page (pg 2)
Select ONE of the questions as a priority question and write it on the top of page 2. You will investigate this question over the next week and a half. You can add notes/reflections from lessons, pictures from online, research info, other questions that are prompted from your connection question…

5. How would they be related?
Evolution (pg 3)
Evolution – The process of change over time
evolution can be biological or geological
How would they be related?

6. Geological Evolution
Geological evolution is driven by The Theory of Plate Tectonics and the idea that Earth itself has evolved
Remember…
Geologic Time Scale
Tectonic Plate Movement
Continental Drift & Pangaea
Law of Superposition
Fossils

7. Biological Evolution
Biological evolution is driven by the changes in Earth…living things evolve in response to changes in their environment. This process is known as Natural Selection or “Survival of the Fittest.”
There are 4 principles of Natural Selection:
Overproduction
Variation
Adaptation
Selection

8. Natural Selection 4 – Square Page B23
OverproductionVariation Definition: Definition: Example: Example: AdaptationSelection

9. Example of Evolution
So how do animals and plants adapt to their environment over time?
Elephant Adaptation Video- shows how evolution of the Earth affects the evolution of a species

10. Gallery Walk Objective:
- Analyze each picture to find examples of the 4 principles of Natural Selection.
Activity:
Each photo is numbered, so…in your notebook number Next to each number write as many examples of the 4 principles of Natural Selection as you can justify!

11. Example of Gallery Walk
Sea Turtle Land Turtle VS.

12. Homework
Find ONE original example of Natural Selection that we did not talk about in class!
EXAMPLE: The warrior ant of Africa can learn to imitate the chemical signal from other ant colonies so they can invade and take over undetected! This is an example of adaptation.

13. Lesson Closure
Look back at your “Big Question” – summarize any information you learned today that helps you answer your questions…write until the bell rings!

14. Warm-Up Update your Table of Contents
Get your homework out to be checked
Write your new homework – have it stamped
Date
Session #
Activity
Page
4/10 2
Evidence of Evolution Foldable 5
Evidence of Evolution Worksheet 6

15. WARM-UP/REVIEW: Does Everything Evolve? How Do We Know?
Evidence of Evolution…(start a list on page 5)
What were the 4 Principles of Natural Selection again?
Would you be selected to survive? Let’s find out!

16. HUH? What does all that mean?
Evidence of Evolution
When Charles Darwin, “The Father of Evolution,” first proposed the idea that ALL species descend from a common ancestor he needed evidence to support his claim. The major pieces of evidence can be broken into…
Fossils
Embryology
Comparative Anatomy
Molecular Biology
HUH? What does all that mean?

17. Evidence of Evolution: Fossils
Fossils – show change in a single species over time or similarities between species
Evolution of the Modern Horse

18. Evidence of Evolution: Embryology
Embryology – shows similar developmental stages amongst different species

19. Evidence of Evolution: Comparative Anatomy
Homologous Structures – same anatomical structure but different function that arise from different organisms sharing a common ancestor

20. Evidence of Evolution: Comparative Anatomy
Analogous Structures – different anatomical structure but similar function that arise from common environmental demands

21. Evidence of Evolution: Comparative Anatomy
Vestigial Structures – Anatomical remnants that were important in an organism’s ancestors, but are no longer used in the same way

22. Evidence of Evolution: Molecular Biology
Molecular Biology - the genetic structure of an organism
The key to understanding how traits are passed from one generation to the next is DNA analysis
Scientists can tell how closely related organisms are by studying their DNA
There does not have that much of a difference in a gene sequence to be a different organism!

23. Warm-Up Update your Table of Contents
Get your homework out to be checked
Write your new homework – have it stamped
Date
Session #
Activity
Page
4/12 3
Survival of the Fittest Scenarios & Natural Selection Nemo Style 7

24. Are Humans Speeding Up Evolution?

25. Warm-Up/Review: Evidence of Evolution
What do you notice about the evolution of a species…in other words, what changes?
Changes occur in the body or structure of an organism…this is referred to as an organisms phenotype.
PHENOTYPE – body structures and characteristics

26. Which Brings Us Back To…
Natural Selection Or “Survival of the Fittest” What does “Survival of the Fittest” really mean? In the next few scenarios,describethe phenotype that would most likely be “selected” to survive…

27. Survival of the Fittest
Scenario 1: Drought
There has been a drought and all of the grass has dries up anddies first, but the leaves on bushes and trees are slower to die…who survives the longest?
Animals with short legs but long necks
Animals with long legs, but short necks
Animals with both long legs and long necks
Animals with both short legs and short necks

28. Survival of the Fittest
Scenario 2: Predator is Approaching
A predator is approaching the herd, but is not hunting yet…who will know sooner and therefore have a better chance to escape?

29. Survival of the Fittest
Scenario 3: Predator Fight
A predator has arrived. It is too late to run away or hide, the animals must fight off the predator…who has the best chance at fighting?

30. Survival of the Fittest
Scenario 4: Blizzard
The weather becomes very cold. There is a blizzard and the land is covered in snow…who survives?

31. Survival of the Fittest
Scenario 5: Volcanic Eruption
There has been a volcanic eruption. Lava flows down the mountain onto the plains and kills anything in its path…who will make it?

32. Survival of the Fittest
Classroom Challenge Mini – Lab
There are 4 utensils that need to be tested to ensure your survival, and which habitat you are most suitable for.
Each person will receive a utensil, you will rotate the utensils for each round.
You will have 30 seconds to test each utensil and then 10 seconds to record your results.
Your cup is your “stomach” and your stomach must remain upright on the table the entire time.

33. Homework
Create a cartoon that illustrates the idea of “Survival of the Fittest”

34. Natural Selection: Nemo Style
Keep in mind:
The 4 Principles of Natural Selection
The idea of “Survival of the Fittest”
Basic scientific information