Evolution

California State Standards

1. "Biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many generations."

2. "Both genetic variation and environmental factors are causes of evolution & diversity of organisms."

3. "The reasoning used by Charles Darwin in reaching his conclusion that natural selection is the mechanism of evolution."

4. Students will "construct a simple branching diagram to classify living groups of organisms by shared derived characteristics & expand the diagram to include fossil organisms."

5. "Extinction of species occurs when the environment changes & that the adaptive characteristics of a species are insufficient for its survival."

Exploring Variation and Natural Selection with Fast Plants 

(Fast Plant Immersion Unit located below)