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Biology (SCP) 512
Unit 8- Evolution

TIME FRAME: 1 week
GRADE: 10
CONTACT:

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07.0 SCIENCE

07.0.5.9.1 -- Students will understand that the present diversity of life I a result of natural selection and other evolutionary processes that have been at work for long periods of time

07.0.5.9.3 -- Students will describe why diversity in a species is important for its survival in a changing environment

07.0.6.9.1 -- Students will recognize that changes in the types of species on Earth may have occurred either gradually or through sudden bursts of major change (punctuated equilibrium)

07.0.6.9.3 -- Students will understand how fossil anatomical, molecular and other observable forms of evidence provide support for the theory of natural selection

07.0.6.9.4 -- Students will explain that preservation of the Earth's biological diversity is critical to the future of human beings and other living things

07.0.6.9.5 -- Students will describe scientific theories for the origin of life and the evidence to support the theories

07.0 SCIENCE

07.0.6.9.6 -- Students will explain the differences between human beings and other primates

30.0 WORLD LANGUAGE

30.0.7.10.40 30.0.7.10.41 30.0.7.10.42

What are the principals behind evolution?
What evidence exists supporting the theory of evolution?
What are the components of the theory of natural selection?
How are Lamarck's theories inconsistent with genetic traits?



1. Define evolution
2. Theories of Evolution: Darwin vs. Lamarck
3. Evidence of Evolution: Fossils, Homologous, Vestigal, Embryolgical, Chemical
4. Conditions for Natural Selection
5. Speciation and its cause: Isolation (geographic, genetic, environmental, mechanical, behavioral), mutation, natural selection, genetic drift, selective breeding
6. Punctuated vs. Gradualism Evolution




Students will develop the ability to:
1. Compare and contract the theories of natural selection and Lamarckism
2. Utilization of the proofs of evolution to assess evolutionary proximity
3. Apply the theory of natural selection to a given evolutionary problem
4. Differentiate between the conditions for genetic equilibrium and evolutionary change



Obective/Subjective testing (50:50)
Cooperative activities
Class Discussions