Natural Selection

Videos

Homework Videos - Due Date

Quizzes

Quiz (On CANVAS) - Due Date

Day 1 - 2/2 - 2/3

7.1 (Introduction to Natural Selection)

Finish Bacterial Transformation Lab Questions

Darwin
Resources/Fitness
Biotic and Abiotic Factors

Introduction to Lab #2

Introduction to Lab #1 - Bottle Growing Instructions - Here is what you need to bring.
Lab Report Template
Artificial Selection Google Sheet
This is a long lab and will require you to come in and work on it in the mornings. You will need a lab report template and will be collecting data.

HOMEWORK:
Watch this video on Natural Selection and fill out this Video Guide
Watch this video on Examples of Natural Selection and fill out this Video Guide

Day 2 - 2/4 - 2/5

7.2 (Natural Selection)

Natural Selection Simulation - Handout, Video Link
Chap. 22 Reading Guide - All 23 Questions
Chap. 22 Presentation

HOMEWORK:

Day 3 - 2/8 - 2/9

7.3 (Artificial Selection)

Discussion on Artificial Selection and Convergent Evolution
Artificial Selection in Dogs
Or
Pigeonetics

HOMEWORK:
Watch this video on population genetics and modeling
Watch this video on Genetic Drift and complete this Video Guide

Day 4 - 2/10 - 2/11

7.4
Population Genetics

HOMEWORK:
Watch this video on Hardy Weinberg

Day 5 - 2/12 - 2/16

7.5 (Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium)

Introduction to Hardy Weinberg - Read chapter 23.1 and complete pages 1, 2 and 4 in the Hardy Weinberg Study Guide.
Fishy Frequencies activity, Google Spreadsheet for Class Data Period 1, Period 2

HOMEWORK:
Complete the Chapter 22 Reading Guide and the Hardy Weinberg Study Guide
Work on Fishy Frequencies Activity
Bring Water Bottles

Day 6 - 2/17 - 2/18

Finish Fishy Frequencies Activity

Hardy-Weinberg Review/Practice Questions

Work on Lab #2 Lab Report
Requirements for Lab #2:
1. Turn in your completed spread sheet

HOMEWORK:
Hardy Weinberg Study Guide
Work on Lab #2 if you didn't finish - You need to have a completed spreadsheet down to pg. s36 or figure 8. Your spreadsheet should look like figure 8. We will discuss what to do and how to use this sheet next week.
Watch Evidence of Evolution and complete this Video Guide

Day 7 - 2/19 - 2/22

7.6 (Evidence of Evolution) & 7.7 (Common Ancestry)

Finish Lab #2 - Run 20 Generations, track data

Discuss Evidence of Evolution, specifically Common Ancestry

Geographical, geological, physical, biochemical and mathematical
Molecular/Genetic evidence
Fossils - Dating
Homology, Analogy, and vestigial structures
DNA Sequences/Amino Acid Sequences
Cellular Processes/Cellular Structures
- Organelles
- Linear Chromosomes
- Genes that contain introns

Microevolution Study Guide - Video on homework can help.
Hardy Weinberg Study Guide (From Day 5) - Questions 5-10

HOMEWORK:
Watch this video, evolution continues
Watch this Video on Microevolution

Day 8 - 2/23 - 2/24

7.8 (Continuing Evolution)

Set up Water Bottles for Lab #1

Evolution is ongoing - Populations are continuing to evolve

genomic changes
fossil record
resistance to antibiotics, pesticides, herbicides or chemotherapy
pathogens evolve and cause emergent diseases

Get a partner - Research and Present a current example of Evolution - You can search things such as "Current Evolution Examples Biology" or "How are humans evolving right now"

We will do a walk about where one partner stays and presents while the other walks around and learns. We will switch half way through so everyone can present and learn. Notes will be due at the end of class.

HOMEWORK:
Classification Video and guide
Cladogram Video and Guide

Day 9 - 2/25 - 3/1

7.9 (Phylogeny) & 7.10 (Speciation)

Plant our Wisconsin Fast Plants

Chapter 26 Power Point
Cladogram Activity
Chapter 26 Reading Guide - 1-16

HOMEWORK:
Speciation Prezi - 5 Causes of Microevolution - Go over this presentation, stop at the examples on the end. You should take some notes on the main topics covered.
Finish Chapter 26 Reading Guide
Comparing DNA Video and Guide
Watch this video on Phylogenetics

Day 10 - 3/2 - 3/3

Finish Speciation, Cladograms and Phylogenetic Trees
Discuss a few more examples/topics from the video last night.

Chapter 24 Reading Guide - 1-14
Finish assignments (Cladogram, Ch. 26 RG)

Lab #3 - Blast - BLAST WEBSITE LINK

Go to the BLAST LAB on the AP Lab Page
Do the Prelab Assessment Questions

https://digitalworldbiology.com/BLAST/sequences
All instructions are available on the link above. Fill out the worksheet, watch the video's and complete this assignment on BLAST.

Go to the BLAST LAB on the AP Lab Page
Complete the designing and Conducting Independent Investigations section

HOMEWORK:
Finish any Assignments (Chapter 24 Reading Guide)
BLAST Lab is not homework, we will finish next class
Watch this video and complete this video guide on population variation

Day 11 - 3/4 - 3/5

7.11 (Extinction) & 7.12 (Variations in Populations)

Finish The BLAST Lab

Discussion on Extinction -
Speciation rate/Extinction rate = diversity
Niches

Variation Discussion -
Increased ability to respond to changes in an environment.
More Resilient
Alleles in different conditions can be successful or harmful.

HOMEWORK:
Cheetah Newsela Article - Click on Newsela link on the left menu bar in CANVAS. Read this article, annotate/highlight important information related to evolutionary vocabulary, extinction and variation in cheetahs.
on the origins of life video and guide
Abiogenesis video and guide

Day 12 - 3/8 - 3/9

7.13 (Origins of Life on Earth)

What to know from Chapter 25:

The 4 main stages of the origin of life from non-living matter
What came first, RNA or DNA? Be able to provide evidence
Understand that fossils can provide timelines of organisms past and present
You should know the order of basic evolution of key events in the history of life. You do not need to know specific dates.

Chapter 25 Power Point
Chapter 25 Reading Guide

Discussion on the Origins of Life on Earth, what did you find interesting. What were the major events in the history of life?

HOMEWORK:
Finish Chapter 25 Reading Guide and any other assignments you haven't completed.

Day 13 - 3/10 - 3/11

Review Day/Make Up Day

AP Classroom Progress Check - Due by next class.
Evolution Unit Practice Essays
Finish any assignments or Labs from the last couple days

HOMEWORK:
Study for the Test