SB5: Evolution
Opening: For the next 4 days, we will be taking a quick journey though time and examine how our views of the world and living things have changed. The geological time record from our rocks and Radioactive Carbon Dating of the fossils that found within, sketch out how organisms have evolved or be came extinct. Even our perceptions of beauty and dance have changed with modications. Let's take a look.
Work Session:
I. EQ: What is Evolution? (Tuesday)
- Evolution of Beauty: http://www.schooltube.com/video/ad8955a2c8988f577eb9/Timelapse-beauty-Dove-evolution-commercial
- Evolution of Beauty and Evoluton of Dance: http://www.schooltube.com/video/e93078bb561828553680/
- One artist's interpretation of Evolution of animals http://www.5min.com/Video/How-Evolution-Happens-4804307
II. When, and Why did things changing over time become a big deal? (Tuesday)
- The Evolution Players Foldable: Darwin, LaMarck, Lidell-Hutton, Mendel -http://www.ehow.com/how_4500679_make-folded-paper-game.html
- http://science.pppst.com/evolution.html (go here to find the below selections)
Power Point Selections:
1) Introducing Evolution (Tuesday)
4) Evolution (southgate version) (Tuesday and Wednesday)
6) Speciation (EXCELLENT, but long- use this as your main source of reference) (Tues and Wed)
III. Who is Charles Darwin? Why was his Theory of Evolution written in his book Origin of the Species cause such a big controversy in the late 1800's and still causes political, social and religous conflict today?
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/ (Tuesday and Wednesday)
- http://www.vtaide.com/png/bird-adaptations3.htm (bird adaptations)
V. Adaptation (Changes that allow for an organism to better survive in the environment)
Hunting, Protection, Mimicry and Camouflage in marine animals: http://blog.ted.com/2008/01/11/david_gallo/ (Tuesday)
Competition: http://www.techapps.net/interactives/mothproject.htm peppered moth Natural Selection model (a fair but not quite accurate example)
- competition graphs and population graphs
VI. Speciation - The genetic mutations or changes in the DNA that allowed for a trait to be passed to an offspring making that organism different from the parent and better suited to survive. (Thursday and Friday)
- Galopagos Island Turtles and Birds
- Covergent and Divergent Evolution
VII. Primate Evolution (Thursday and Friday)
VIII. For Fun (Friday)
- Let's take a look at a different spin on beauty. http://www.ted.com/talks/denis_dutton_a_darwinian_theory_of_beauty.html
- Try the Mating Game: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/sex/mating/
- http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/human-origins/hominid-skulls/ (3D skulls)
- http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/mystery-skull-interactive (identifying skulls)
EOCT Online Practice
http://www.teacherweb.com/GA/KendrickHighSchool/lloyd/links1.aspx
- Georgia EOCT Biology studyguide http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/DMGetDocument.aspx/EOCT%20Biology%20Study%20Guide%20August%202008.pdf?p=6CC6799F8C1371F67855208719B00746793113FFB8C45A280DDC416012390B0E&Type=D
- Old Released Paper EOCT (2004) ignore questions of the human body
- http://www.k12.ga.us/DMGetDocument.aspx/Released%20Biology%20REVISED.pdf?p=4BE1EECF99CD364EA5554055463F1FBBF5D074D5FB1F2CAEB3B63B3ECB220CDD26C2114F3C57D8D28DC7A11ED38097CF&Type=D
