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March 15 |
Describe the pattern Darwin observed among organisms of the Galápagos Islands. |
Study Guide 15.1
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State how Hutton and Lyell described geological change .Identify how Lamarck thought species evolve.
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Lecture Notes 15.2 |
March 17 |
Describe Malthus’s theory of population growth.
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Quiz on Chapter 15.1 and 15.2 |
March 18 |
Training for March 23 Field Trip. Yu must attend this training in order to go on the field trip.
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March 19 |
Identifying creatures in tide pools. Mandatory training for field trip.
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Extra Credit Assignments for Chapter 15 Each assignment worth 20 pts. 1.  2.  3. |
March 22 |
Vocabulary : artificial selection, struggle for existence, fitness, adaptation, survival of the fittest, natural selection, descent with modification, common descent, homologous structure, vestigial organ |
Describe how natural variation is used in artificial selection.
Explain how natural selection is related to species’ fitness.
Study guide 15.2
Study Guide 15.3 |
March 23 |
Naked Bunnies! Natural Selection Lab
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Download 16 summary for homework help |
March 24 |
Naked Bunnies Cont. |
Study Guide 16.1 |
March 25 |
Work on Study Guides
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Study Guide 16.2 |
March 26 |
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Extra Credit Work for Chapter 16 and required for double dippers (attending two periods of biology/day)
Chapter 16.1 review Chapter 16.2 review Chapter 16.3 review Chapter 16 enrichment Vocabulary Review |
March 29 |
Review Quiz Chapter 15 |
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March 30 |
Explain what a gene pool is. |
Job Fair/Video and worksheet |
March 31 |
Identify the main sources of inheritable variation in a population. |
Study Guide 16.1 and 16.2 |
| April 1 |
Explain how natural selection affects single-gene and polygenic traits.
Describe genetic drift. |
Study Guide 16.3 and vocabulary |
| April 2 |
Identify the condition necessary for a new species to evolve.
Describe the process of speciation in the Galápagos finches. |
Population Genetics |
April 3 to April 11 Spring Break |
| April 20 |
Begin Chapter 17
Describe the fossil record.
State Standards:BL.8.f, BL.8.g, BL.8.e |
Vocabulary Words: paleontologist, fossil record, extinct, relative dating, index fossil, half-life, radioactive dating, geologic time scale, era, period |
| April 21 |
Describe how conditions on early Earth were different from conditions today.
Explain what Miller and Urey’s experiments showed |
Lecture Notes Chapter 17 section 1 and 2 |
| April 22 |
Earth Day!
State the hypotheses that have been proposed for how life first arose on Earth.
Identify some of the main evolutionary steps in the early evolution |
Timeline of the History of Earth. |
| April 23 |
Garden |
Contiune to work on timeline |
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Video on Extinction May 1 End of marking period 5 |
| * Tardies will reduce your points toward credit by 20%. No make up credit for unexcused absences. Must have 80% attendance to qualify for "Fastrack work" |
Email questions and concerns to your teacher  coopert@mdusd.k12.ca.us |
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