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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Daily Summary 03-08

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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)



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BIOLOGY
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AGENDA:

- Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems

- Warm-up: What are some examples of changes that could happen to a population of organisms where the changes seem to have nothing to do with the organisms’ level of fitness? [5]

- Genetic drift, mutation, natural selection, gene flow, non-random mating [10 - 15]

- Driftworm activity [25 - 30]

- Go over Quiz #1, then take Evolution Quiz #2 [35]

-Finish “Who Wants to Live a Million Years” activity/questions (DUE Friday)

-Don’t forget about the Genetics Engineering Challenge


OUTSIDE OF CLASS:

- Finish Driftworm activity and Who Wants to Live a Million Years



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