Thursday 2/26

Unit 6 Multiple Choice Test (key)

Homework: Genomes and Their Evolution Chapter 21 Book Work (due 3/3)

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Friday 2/27

ASSEMBLY/RALLY BLOCK (end of day)

HR: 7:45 – 7:55 (10 minutes)
A: 7:59 – 9:05 (66 minutes)
B: 9:09 – 10:15 (66 minutes)
L & L: 10:15 – 11:15 (60 minutes)
C: 11:19 – 12:25 (66 minutes)
D: 12:29 – 1:35 (66 minutes)
Rally: 1:35 – 2:45 (70 minutes)

1. Finish Fast Gels Student Lab (teacher version) (GEL PICTURE) results

Essential Understanding- 7.1 Introduction to Natural Selection

2. ACTIVITY: Beetle Bonanza (printable version of activity) (Teacher Key) 

3. What is Natural Selection? What drives it? (presentation)

Went down to watch Volleyball

Homework: finish all work from today (also Chapter 21 Book Work due 3/3)

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Monday 3/2

1. Discuss Evolutionary Fitness and Selective Pressure 

2. DEMO: Peppered Moths

3. ACTIVITY: Natural Selection Scenario Activity 

4. Skipping: LAB/Activity Quick Demo- Predator Prey Quick Game

• Predator/Prey (IMAGE) ; not doing the worksheet, just discussing the activity as a class after we participate

• statistical analysis

5. Take 7.1 Progress Check 

-If you finish early, work on completing Chapter 21 Book Work (due tomorrow) 

Essential Understanding- 7.2 Natural Selection

6. VIDEO: Bozeman: Examples of Natural Selection (video worksheet) (10 min) (digital worksheet) 

7. Types of Selection Video (take notes) (3 min) 

8. Types of Selection Worksheet 

9. Start LAB: Strawfish Lab (alternative: Bozeman Explains AP Bio Lab 8)

• AP Population Genetics and Evolution LAB 
• Random Groups for today
• tie to types of Evolution Graphs

Homework:  Complete Chapter 21 Book Work (due tomorrow)

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Tuesday 3/3

Turn in Chapter 21 Book Work

1. Finish LAB: Strawfish Lab

Homework: Complete Strawfish Lab and Take Section 7.2 Progress Check

Start: Chapter 23: The Evolution of Populations Chapter 23 BOOK WORK  (due Friday)

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Wednesday 3/4

Turn in Strawfish Lab

1. Molecular Variation and Fitness Activity (complete verbally) 

2. Discuss Examples below in terms of selective pressure and future of populations 

• Flowering time in relation to global climate change
• Peppered Moths
• Sickle cell anemia
• DDT resistance in insects

Essential Understanding- 7.3 Artificial Selection

3. Natural Selection vs Artificial Selection Presentation

• if absent watch: VIDEO: Natural Selection vs Artificial Selection | Mechanisms of Evolution (3 min) 

4. Divergent vs Convergent Evolution Video Explanation (14 min)

• • make a list of examples of each

5. Take Progress Check 7.3

Essential Understanding- 7.4 Population Genetics-

6. VIDEO: Bozeman: Genetic Drift  11.5 min (video worksheet) (digital worksheet) print 

7. ACTIVITY: Gene Pools- verbally complete with groups

8. ACTIVITY: Population Simulator

9. Watch Daily Video for Section 7.3 & 7.4 and Take Progress Check 

Section 7.1,7.2,7.3, and 7.4 Quiz tomorrow and don't forget Chapter 23 BOOK WORK due 3/6

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Thursday 3/5

1. Section 7.1,7.2,7.3, and 7.4 Quiz

Essential Understanding- 7.5 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

2. VIDEO: Bozeman: Solving Hardy-Weinberg Problems- 11 min​ (video worksheet) print

3. Exercise 2: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (Natural Selection) Squirrels (teacher key) 

• Khan Academy - Applying Hardy Weinberg Equation Tutorial (If you need it) 

4. Practice Worksheet with Video (12 min)  KEY

Homework: Chapter 23 BOOK WORK due tomorrow 

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Friday 3/6   

Turn in Chapter 23 Book Work                                    

1. REVIEW THE Hardy Weinberg Assumptions and how to use H-W to determine if a population is evolving (allele frequency changes) 

1. Mutations must not occur to introduce new alleles to the population.
2. No gene flow can occur to increase variability in the gene pool.
3. A very large population size is required to ensure allele frequency is not changed through genetic drift.
4. Mating must be random in the population.
5. Natural selection must not occur to alter gene frequencies.

2. VIDEO: Bozeman: Hardy-Weinberg Punnett Square  (9 min) 

• SKIPPING- but if you want extra practice- PRACTICE: The H-W Equation Worksheet (POGIL)

3. More Hardy Weinberg Problems (key) 

Quickly go over this verbally with a partner Chapter 23 Quick Check (Teacher Key) (NOT PRINTING) 

Essential Understanding- 7.6 Evidence of Evolution 

4. Evidence for Evolution Presentation

Homework: Take 7.5 Progress Check and work on Chapter 22 Book Work due 3/10

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Monday 3/9   

1. Finish: Evidence for Evolution Presentation

2. Evolution Statistics Group Work

3. VIDEO: What is the Evidence for Evolution? (10 min)

4. VIDEO: Carbon Dating and Half-Life (2 min) take notes 

5. Vestigial Structures- Proof of evolution that you can find on your body (4 min)

6. Comparing DNA Sequence Using BLAST (Video #2)

7. BLAST website

8. Start: Bacterial Identification Virtual Lab worksheet

Homework: Take 7.6 Progress Check

• Chapter 22 BOOK WORK  due Monday

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Tuesday 3/10

Turn in Chapter 22 BOOK WORK 

1. Finish: Bacterial Identification Virtual Lab worksheet (website) ~Bacterial Identification Virtual lab 

•  (teacher answer key) 

Essential Understanding- 7.7 Common Ancestry

2. 7.7 Common Ancestry Presentation

• if you're absent watch this: Pose Knows 7.7 Common Ancestry video (6 min)

3. Virtual Review: Membrane Bound Organelles- review from Unit 2 (discuss how/why this fits here) 

4. Take 7.7 Progress Checks

Homework: Start Chapter 25 BOOK WORK due 3/16

Chapter 25: The History of Life on Earth Chapter 25 BOOK WORK 

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Wednesday 3/11

Essential Understanding- 7.8 Continuing Evolution

1. 7.8 Continuing Evolution Presentation

• if absent, watch this: Pose knows 7.8

2. VIDEO: Why Antibiotic Resistance is Important (2 min) 

3.  Skin Color and Human Evolution Website Source (worksheet) print

• Biology of Skin Color Video (20 min)

• James Watson cocktail party discourse 

Essential Understanding- 7.9 Phylogeny

4. 7.9 Phylogeny Presentation

• if absent, watch this: Pose Knows 7.9 Phylogeny video (16 min)

5. KHAN ACADEMY VIDEO: Understanding and building phylogenetic trees (11 min) 

Homework: Section 7.6, 7.7, and 7.8 Progress Checks

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Thursday 3/12

1. KHAN ACADEMY Quiz: Phylogeny

2. CREATE A CLADOGRAM: CLADOGRAM worksheet (teacher key)

Essential Understanding- 7.10 Speciation

3. 7.10 Speciation Presentation

• if absent, watch this: Pose Knows 7.10 Speciation Video (22 min)

4. Skim Chapter 26 and Chapter 24 (NOT COMPLETING!)

Chapter 26: Phylogeny and the Tree of Life

Chapter 24: The Origin of Species

5. Start- Selection and Speciation POGIL (key) 

Homework: STUDY! Take the 7.9 Progress Checks and complete first page of: 

Section 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9 Quiz Tomorrow (8 questions) 

Chapter 25 BOOK WORK due 3/16

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Friday 3/13  

1. we didn't look at the book chapters from yesterday... let's do that first  

2. Section 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9 Quiz

• After Quiz, Complete- Selection and Speciation POGIL (key) 

3. BOZEMAN: Speciation and Extinction 13 min (Video Sheet) print

4. Get into a group and Play Jeopardy GAME: Speciation and Extinction (score printable) 

• get into your groups of 3. Each person should get a white board. You do not need to do anything as a "live game," just click on the point value (10, 20, 30, 40, or 50) under the selected heading to view the question. After all members have had time to write down their response, check the answer. Keep track of points, Sub will give the winner candy. 

Homework: Chapter 25 BOOK WORK due Monday

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Monday 3/16

Turn In Chapter 25 BOOK WORK 

Essential Understanding- 7.11 Variations in Populations 

1. 7.11 Variations in Populations Presentation

• if you're absent, watch this: Pose Knows 7.11 Variations in Populations video (12 min)

2. Evolution and Change - spend 5 minutes on this HUGE document (pages 1-32)  and come up with 3 takeaways

3. Read 7.11 Variations in Population and divide the illustrative examples for quick research between classmates, use this document

• Share out Illustrative Example 

homework: 7.11 Progress Check 

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Tuesday 3/17

Essential Understanding- 7.12  Origin of Life on Earth

1. 7.12 Origin of Life on Earth Presentation

• if you are absent, watch this: Pose Knows 7.12 Origin of Life on Earth video (8 min)

2. Interactive Chart: History of Life (spend 5 minutes on this) 

3. Earth's History in 100 Yards Video  (5 min) 

• SKIPPING ACTIVITY: Earth's History in 100 yards (Key)- find distance on field 

4. Review Practice Essays

5. Leprechaun Natural Selection

HWK: Complete Progress Check for Unit 7

Section 7.10, 7.11, 7.12 Quiz tomorrow .

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Wednesday 3/18

1. Section 7.10, 7.11, 7.12 Quiz 

• After Quiz: Look at Practice Essays

• check out: 

  • • simulation- Pocket Mice

    • Hardy Weinberg Calculation 

2. Unit 7 Progress Checks

Homework: Study 

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Thursday 3/19

UNIT 7 TEST- Essays 

HWK: Start Chapter 51 Book Work  (due ___

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Friday 3/20 (Half Day)

1. Battling Beetles (teacher KEY)

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Monday 3/23 

UNIT 7 TEST- Multiple Choice section

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