Monday, March 19, 2012

weeks 6-7

Goals
1. Describe historic development of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
2. Describe common patterns of evolution
3. Describe key characteristics of evolution by natural selection.

Notebook Contents


1. Reading – History of the Theory and
2. page of notes/summaries of readings
3. The evolution of the Egyptian Papyrus Bird
4. Powerpoint- Evolution/Great Transformations Video
5. The Chromosome Connection 2 --- Distributed on Thursday

Monday, March 5, 2012

Weeks 3-5

I've had a number of absences and the flow of activities is a little off target.
There will be no quiz on this unit. Students will do some summative writing in class on Thursday and turn in their notebook.

Notebook Contents
1. Ethical Group Discussion: The lifeboat

2. GATTACA reflection

3. Case Study #1: The Down Syndrome
4. Galapogos Film Notes

5. Notes from Mr Doltar on Darwin and Natural Selection

6. Natural Selection Lab

7. Group Case Studies and Reflection