High School Science

Organizing Life’s Diversity

Biology

Quarter 4

McGraw Hill Module 16

RESOURCES

PACING

● Module Launch: 45 min ● Lesson 1: 90 min ● Lesson 2: 65 min ● Lesson 3: 90 min ● Module Wrap-Up: 45 min

Module 16: Organizing Life’s Diversity ● Phenomena: Why are these butterflies similar in structure but different in color? ● Lesson 1: The History of Classification

● Lesson 2: Modern Classification ● Lesson 3: Domains & Kingdoms

STANDARD

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS

BIO 4.4 Engage in argument from evidence ​ that changes in environmental conditions may ​ cause ​ increases in the number of individuals of some species, the emergence of new species over time, and/or the extinction of other species. ​ Emphasize the cause and effect relationships for how changes and the rate of change to the environment affect distribution or disappearance of traits in a species. Examples of changes in environmental conditions could include deforestation, application of fertilizers, drought, or flood. (LS4.C) BIO.4.5 ​ Evaluate ​ design solutions ​ that can best solve a real-world problem ​ caused ​ by natural selection and adaptation of populations. ​ Define the problem, identify criteria and constraints, analyze available data on proposed solutions, and determine an optimal solution. ​ ​ Examples of real-world problems could include bacterial resistance to drugs, plant resistance to herbicides, or the effect of changes in climate on food sources and pollinators. (LS4.C, ETS1.A, ETS1.B, ETS1.C)

● I understand that changes to the environment affects populations. ● I understand how the rate of environmental change affects species.

● I understand how human impact on natural selection can cause various problems. ● I can think through solutions that can be used to mitigate effects of problems caused by natural selection.

CONCEPTS (Nouns)

SKILLS (Verbs)

● Environmental conditions ● Species, species emergence and species extinction ● Distribution/disappearance of traits ● Natural selection and adaptation of populations

● Engage in argument from evidence ● Evaluate design solutions ○ Define problem ○ Identify criteria/constraints ○ Analyze data ○ Determine optimal solution

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