Big Idea 1: Evolution
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Big Idea 1: Evolution
Essential Questions
What role does evolution play in the organization of
living things?
What evidence supports our current models of the
origin of life?
How does the process of evolution drive diversity and
the unity of life?
How does life evolve in changing environments?
Learning Objectives
Convert a data set from a table of numbers that reflect a
change in the genetic makeup of a population over time and
apply mathematical methods and conceptual
understandings to investigate the causes and effects of this
change
Evaluate evidence provided by data to qualitatively and
quantitatively investigate the role of natural selection in
evolution
Analyze data to support the claim that responses to
information and communication of information affect natural
selection
Apply mathematical methods to data from a real or
simulated population to predict what will happen to the
population in the future
Learning Objectives
Evaluate data-based evidence that describes evolutionary
changes in the genetic makeup of a population over time
Evaluate evidence provided by data from many scientific
disciplines that support biological evolution
Refine evidence based on data from many scientific
disciplines that support biological evolution
Design a plan to answer scientific questions regarding how
organisms have changed over time using information from
morphology, biochemistry, and geology
Evaluate given data sets that illustrate evolution as an
ongoing process
Learning Objectives
Connect scientific evidence from many scientific
disciplines to support the modern concept of evolution
Construct and/or justify mathematical models,
diagrams, or simulations that represent processes of
biological evolution
Pose scientific questions about a group of organisms
whose relatedness is described by a phylogenic tree in
order to (1) identify shared characteristics, (2) make
inferences about evolutionary history of the group, and
(3) identify character data that could extend or improve
the phylogenic tree
Learning Objectives
Construct explanations based on scientific evidence that
homeostatic mechanisms reflect continuity due to common
ancestry and/or divergence due to adaptation in different
environments
Analyze data related to questions of speciation and
extinction throughout Earth’s history
Justify the selection of data that addresses questions related
to reproductive isolation and speciation
Describe speciation in an isolated population and connect it
to a change in gene frequency, change in environment,
natural selection, and/or genetic drift
Describe a model that represents evolution within a
population
Day 1
Watch the video “What Darwin Never Knew”
Write down questions/interesting points you have as
you watch
Day 2 (60 minutes)
Required readings:
Chapter 22, 23
Bozeman videos:
There are 19 videos in the “Evolution” tab on
www.bozemanscience.com that you should watch
throughout this unit
Activity 1
Finish watching “What Darwin Never Knew”
Activity 2
Use the website
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_01 (you
can Google “Welcome to evolution 101”) to create a word
map that organizes and connects evolutionary terms and
concepts
Words to include (but are not limited to): adaptation,
environment, natural selection, genetic variation, speciation,
mutation, species, population
This will be useful to come back to throughout the unit
Time: 30 minutes
Day 3
Natural Selection
Artificial Selection
Activity 1 – Natural Selection
Work with a partner to complete the allele frequency
lab
Complete the table on the handout
Complete the discussion questions on the back of the
handout
Create another scenario with a different animal that has
2 different variations for a trait. What conditions would
favour one trait over another?
Time: 45 minutes
Activity 2 – Artificial Selection
Describe the features or abilities of dogs for which humans might
breed
Look at the “dog breeding example” – what traits match the
example given? What other traits are important to consider? What
traits are not important to consider?
You will be artificially selecting a new dog with certain traits by
crossing 2 already existing dogs
Fill in the “ownership card” and “puppy traits” sheet
Each breeding pair will produce 3 puppies, and traits can be
inherited from either the mother of father (use a coin to determine
which traits are inherited)
Discuss the variation observed in the puppies
Display your findings in a picture
Day 4
Required Readings:
Investigation #2
Chapter 23
Bozeman:
Investigation #2
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Activity 1
Work through the sample model on excel
Create your own investigation:
What trait are you going to look at?
How many generations will you complete?
What allele frequencies will you use?
Complete a CERR write up for this investigation
CERR Write Up for
Investigation #2
Claim – What is Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and the principles
behind it?
What are some facts behind the trait that you have decided to
investigate? What is the % of it occurring in the real world?
Evidence – Calculations, graph, tables from your investigation
Reasoning – Why are you seeing what you do in your results?
How do the allele frequencies change over generations?
Why might this be?
Why do recessive traits stay in a population?
Relate back to Hardy-Weinberg
Rebuttal – Why don’t recessive traits disappear completely?
Why did a trait that had a low allele frequency not become a high
frequency in the population?
Relate back to Hardy-Weinberg
Day 5
Required Readings:
Chapter 22
Activity 1
Read the excerpt of the article “Evolution of the Eye”
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=evolution-ofthe-eye
Support or refute the idea that the eye has changed due to
natural selection
Provide 3 ideas to support your opinion
Provide an example of an animal that has changed over
time by the process of natural selection
How has it changed specifically?
Propose a plan with scientific questions to test the theory of
natural selection
Due – January 25
Time: 30 minutes
Activity 2 – Library
Use Berkley’s Understanding Evolution (Google
“Evolution 101, we have used this site before) to
explore the patterns in the diversity of life across the
planet Earth
Connect evidence to help explain why organisms
change over time
Interpret/analyze/manipulate the data presented to infer
how evolution has affected different species
Time: 20 minutes
Activity 3 - Library
Read the following articles:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/06071
4-evolution.html
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1931757,0
0.html
Write an essay that explains how modern concepts of
evolution are supported through natural selection
Due: January 25
Day 6 (60 min)
Required readings:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/a/antibiotic_resistanc
e.htm
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v2/n3/antibio
tic-resistance-of-bacteria
Activity 1
After reading the articles on the evolution of drugresistant bacteria, explain the following:
How does the misuse of antibiotics affect the evolution of
disease-causing bacteria?
Why should we care about a resistant strain of bacteria?
What are 5 common diseases caused by bacteria, and
what would it mean if they became resistant to the
antibiotic that treated it?
Time: 30 minutes
Activity 2
Quiz
When you finish, you can work on either of the 2
assignments due on Friday
Day 11 (60 min)