Biology
Unit 4 Evolution
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Careers in Science: Nutritional Biochemist
- Study how food fuels the body and affects health and disease.
- Clinical trials on nutritional interventions. www.hsph.harvard.edu for more info.
Random Fact of the Month
Birds evolved from dinosaurs and both descended from reptiles. Closest living reptilian relation of a bird is the crocodile.
Why do we have tail bones?
Otherwise known as your coccyx...
Lamarck's Idea
Proven to be an incorrect theory...you can't use appendages more to make them grow.
Where did fossil fuels come from if they are not renewable?
Dinosaurs of the past make up the carbon material that we use as fossil fuel today.
Unit 4 Overview & Calendar
Unit 4 includes:
- Ch. 16
- Ch. 17
Week of 3/12-3/16
- MONDAY Stamp Darwin's Webquest. New Seating Charts, Watched The Day the Mesozoic Died.
- TUESDAY Birthdays. Share answers to The Day the Mesozoic Died. 16.2 Workbook Questions.
- WEDNESDAY Ch. 16 CN due/stamped. Take CN Quiz. Complete 16.3-16.4.
- THURSDAY Check for understanding. FMR or Fact or Fiction.
- FRIDAY Modeling Natural Selection Activity.
Week of 3/20-3/24
Introduce Evolution of Populations. EOC Practice & StudyIsland Practice
- MONDAY Complete Modeling Natural Selection. Ch. 16 Crossword Puzzle.
- TUESDAY Ch. 17 MG. Discuss Speciation (INB Entry).
- WEDNESDAY Ch. 17 CN due (with quiz).
- THURSDAY EOC Practice Test/Study Island Review Introduced
- FRIDAY EOC Practice Test/Study Island Review Introduced
Week of 3/26-3/30
Week of 4/2-4/6
Complete reinforcement activities over Evolution. Cont. Study Island EOC Review.
- MONDAY Spring Break Continues...
- TUESDAY Spring Break Continues...
- WEDNESDAY Return to school from Spring break! Boggle, Evolution in Action, Be working on SI.
- THURSDAY Stamp Evo in Action and Go over. Work on 17.2 RG/Clipbird Activity.
- FRIDAY Work on 17.2 RG/Clipbird Activity.
Week of 4/9-4/13
Assess over Ch. 16-17 Evolution & Review EOC Topics.
- MONDAY Stamp 17.2 RG. Connection Evolution Concepts to Clipbird Activity.
- TUESDAY Work on Study Island in A108 computer lab (all due on 4/16).
- WEDNESDAY Review for Evolution Assessment. Organize Work.
- THURSDAY Unit 4 Evolution Assessment. Turn in All Work.
- FRIDAY Work on Study Islands A108 Computer Lab.
*EOC Testing for Biology is on 4/16 & 4/17
Ch. 16-17 Video Lecture: Evolution in Action & Populations
Ch 16 17 Evolution Video Lecture
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