Evolutionary Relationships

Game: Charles Darwin's Game Click “play the survival game”

a. In your starter population, should your group be diverse?

b. What is the goal of the game?

c. What happened to your animals as time passed?

           d. Did your animal survive?

2. Interactive: Evolution  Play one or more of the interactive games and then write a paragraph about what you learned. 

3. Explain the processes of evolution. 

BrainPop: Evolution (answer the questions after watching the movie) Skip if you do not have access to BrainPop. 

a. What do humans and apes share?

b. What is evolution?

c. What is a theory in science?

d. What was the oldest known hominin?

e. How were australopithecines different from other primates?

f. What is the scientific name for humans?

Demonstration: the Evolution of Flight

a. Why did animals begin to fly?

b. What are some of the features of flying animals?

c. Today’s fliers are among the most . . .

d. What are semiplume feathers?

4. What are anatomical similarities? 

Watch the Edpuzzle movie and answer the questions in the Google Doc

Activity: Are you and your lunch related? 

Launch the activity

a. At the root of the tree of life lies a single-celled organism, the ___________ that gives rise to all subsequent life forms.

b. which animal is one of the elephant's closest relatives?

c. Which two animals do you think are the most closely related dolphins, sharks, or wolves?

d. Which two animals do you think are most closely related bear, opossum, or raccoon?

5. Watch the presentation (all 21 slides) and explain what evidence is given for shared ancestry between animals. 

FlashCards: Evolutionary Relationships 

a. Which best describes derived characteristics?

b. If two organisms are in the same clade, what can you predict about their relationship?

c.  What is the implication of a changing hypothesis?

d. Which describes the modern classification system?

6. Adventure Quest Backpack: Using Google Drive create a Doc that shows 2 animals that have anatomical similarities and two that do not. Explain why and label the similarities and differences. 

Key Concepts

Earth has been home for living things for 3.8 billion years.

Species change over time.

Many types of evidence support evolution.