Here are the class plans/agenda/activities for Mr Bowen’s absence on September 6, 2019
Video 1
Video 2
Game and Quiz Links
evolution
Natural Selection Simulation
For the Natural Selection Simulation follow the link below.
Evolution: Fact, Fiction or Opinion
Check your answers from the beginning of class by clicking on the following link:
Natural Selection Quiz Review Sheet
Word Document: Types of Natural Selection
Power Point: the-theory-of-natural-selection
Click Here to see on Google Docs.
Video Links
Natural Selection Simulation
For the Natural Selection Simulation follow the link below.
Mutations Drive Evolution Reading
Here are the questions for the reading that was assigned for homework in Honors Biology Classes 2B and 3B.
Read the interview and answer the following questions in your notebook:u
1. What aspects of evolution are random? Support your claim with textual evidence.
2. What aspects of evolution are non-random? Support your claim with textual evidence.
3. What does Professor Nei think is more important to evolution, natural selection or mutations?
Hominoid Skulls Activity
The following prompt is to be completed from your investigation of human evolution:
Claim: “Humans evolved from earlier extinct hominids.”
Justify this claim using three pieces of evidence from your investigations of the fossil record, molecular evidence and embryology.
Due Date is December 4 for honors classes, TBD for college prep.
Resource
HOMINOID SKULL COMPARISON Student Guide
Whale’s Tail Investigation
We are looking at evidence for evolution by investigating whales. Student will use the evidence they collect to address the following hypothesis:
“Whales evolved from terrestrial (land) mammals.”
Confirm or refute this claim using at least 5 pieces of evidence from your investigations (fossil record, POGIL, video, PPT). Provide a reason that each piece supports your position.
A link for the materials is below:
THE WHALE’s TALE — Student Guide
Rubric Here: CERRUBRIC
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