High School Science

Evolution

Biology

Quarter 4

McGraw Hill Module 14

RESOURCES

PACING

● Module Launch: 45 min ● Lesson 1: 55 min ● Lesson 2: 90 min ● Lesson 3: 90 min ● Module Wrap-Up: 45 min

Module 14: Evolution ● Phenomena: Why would an animal try and look like a plant? ● Lesson 1: Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection ● Lesson 2: Evidence of Evolution ● Lesson 3: Shaping Evolutionary Theory

STANDARD

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS

● Plate tectonics ● Endosymbiotic theory ● Comparing and contrasting homologous, vestigial, and anatomical structures in extinct and extant species ● Comparative embryology ● Comparing and contrasting DNA, RNA, and Amino Acid sequences of various ● Charles Darwin and the 4 principles of natural selection (Variation, Heritability, Overproduction, and Reproductive Advantage) ● Types of adaptations (fitness, camouflage, mimicry) ● The importance of genetic variation and how it comes about through mutation and sexual reproduction organisms to help support the idea evolving from a common ancestor

BIO 4.1 Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to identify the patterns in the evidence that support biological evolution. ​ ​ Examples of evidence could include DNA sequences, amino acid sequences, anatomical structures, the fossil record, or order of appearance of structures during embryological development. (LS4.A)

BIO 4.2 Construct an explanation based on evidence that natural selection is a primary cause of evolution. ​ Emphasize that natural selection is primarily caused by the potential for a species to increase in number, heritable genetic variation of individuals in a species due to mutation and sexual reproduction, competition for limited resources, and proliferation of those organisms that are better able to survive and reproduce in the environment. (LS2.D, LS4.B, LS4.C)

BIO 4.3 ​ Analyze and interpret data ​ to identify patterns that explain the claim that organisms with an advantageous heritable trait tend to increase in ​ proportion ​ to organisms lacking this trait. Emphasize analyzing shifts in the numerical distribution of traits and using these shifts as evidence to support explanations. (LS4.B,

● I can explore factors that

influence speciation and the Hardy-Weinberg principle.

● I can understand the

mechanisms of evolution.

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