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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems
Warm-up: What is fitness in the evolutionary sense and how does it relate to the concept of natural selection? [5]
Other factors influencing the genetics of populations: Gene flow and genetic drift [20]
Driftworm activity [40]
Show Evolution Web Quest paragraphs to Mr. Bursch
Evolution quiz #1 / #2 during last 25 minutes of class tomorrow [30]
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish Driftworm activity
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS:
Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems
Warm-up: What is fitness in the evolutionary sense and how does it relate to the concept of natural selection? [5]
Other factors influencing the genetics of populations: Gene flow and genetic drift [20]
Driftworm activity [40]
Show Evolution Web Quest paragraphs to Mr. Bursch
Evolution quiz #1 / #2 during last 25 minutes of class tomorrow [30]
Last week to get full credit for Who Wants to Live a Million Years
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish Driftworm activity
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Friday, March 30, 2018
EVOLUTION WEB QUEST, for Monday, 3/18
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BIOLOGY: EVOLUTION WEB QUEST
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- Take out any headphones you may have--you’ll need them for the videos you are going to watch
- All answers you compose should be added to a new Google Doc in your Google Drive "Biology" folder
- Answer the following question after watching the video below: How did life on earth probably begin? Write a three to five-sentence paragraph to answer this question.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/origins-life.html
- Now, go to the main Evolution page on NOVA's website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/
Choose a category--video, article, interview, interactive, or anything else in the list that looks interesting--and open it. After sampling a few items, watch, listen or play the one that seems the most interesting and go all the way through it. Write a summary of what you learned in a 5 to 8-sentence paragraph.
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HONORS BIOLOGY: EVOLUTION WEB QUEST
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- Take out any headphones you may have--you’ll need them for the videos you are going to watch
- All answers you compose should be added to a new Google Doc in your Google Drive "Biology" folder
- Answer the following question after watching the video below: How did life on earth probably begin? Write a three to five-sentence paragraph to answer this question.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/origins-life.html
- Now, go to the main Evolution page on NOVA's website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/
Choose a category--video, article, interview, interactive, or anything else in the list that looks interesting--and open it. After sampling a few items, watch, listen or play the two that seem the most interesting and go all the way through it. Write a summary of what you learned from EACH item (video, interview, article, etc.) in two separate 6 to 8-sentence paragraphs.
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BIOLOGY: EVOLUTION WEB QUEST
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- Take out any headphones you may have--you’ll need them for the videos you are going to watch
- All answers you compose should be added to a new Google Doc in your Google Drive "Biology" folder
- Answer the following question after watching the video below: How did life on earth probably begin? Write a three to five-sentence paragraph to answer this question.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/origins-life.html
- Now, go to the main Evolution page on NOVA's website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/
Choose a category--video, article, interview, interactive, or anything else in the list that looks interesting--and open it. After sampling a few items, watch, listen or play the one that seems the most interesting and go all the way through it. Write a summary of what you learned in a 5 to 8-sentence paragraph.
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HONORS BIOLOGY: EVOLUTION WEB QUEST
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- Take out any headphones you may have--you’ll need them for the videos you are going to watch
- All answers you compose should be added to a new Google Doc in your Google Drive "Biology" folder
- Answer the following question after watching the video below: How did life on earth probably begin? Write a three to five-sentence paragraph to answer this question.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/origins-life.html
- Now, go to the main Evolution page on NOVA's website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/
Choose a category--video, article, interview, interactive, or anything else in the list that looks interesting--and open it. After sampling a few items, watch, listen or play the two that seem the most interesting and go all the way through it. Write a summary of what you learned from EACH item (video, interview, article, etc.) in two separate 6 to 8-sentence paragraphs.
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Thursday, March 15, 2018
Daily Summary 03-15
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS: ESLP Project Sign-Up Reminder!
Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems
Warm-up: Does natural selection operate directly on the phenotype or the genotype? Explain your reasoning. [5]
Continue watching Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [25]
Natural selection and adaptation continued [10]
Evolution Quiz #1 [25]
Who Wants to Live a Million Years [30 - 45]
Evolution quiz #2 in two week (after sex ed.)
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish Who Wants to Live a Million Years questions
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS: ESLP Project Sign-Up Reminder!
Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems
Warm-up: Does natural selection operate directly on the phenotype or the genotype? Explain your reasoning. [5]
Continue watching Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [25]
Natural selection and adaptation continued [10]
Evolution Quiz #1 [25]
Who Wants to Live a Million Years [30 - 45]
Evolution quiz #2 in two week (after sex ed.)
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish Who Wants to Live a Million Years questions
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS: ESLP Project Sign-Up Reminder!
Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems
Warm-up: Does natural selection operate directly on the phenotype or the genotype? Explain your reasoning. [5]
Continue watching Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [25]
Natural selection and adaptation continued [10]
Evolution Quiz #1 [25]
Who Wants to Live a Million Years [30 - 45]
Evolution quiz #2 in two week (after sex ed.)
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish Who Wants to Live a Million Years questions
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS: ESLP Project Sign-Up Reminder!
Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems
Warm-up: Does natural selection operate directly on the phenotype or the genotype? Explain your reasoning. [5]
Continue watching Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [25]
Natural selection and adaptation continued [10]
Evolution Quiz #1 [25]
Who Wants to Live a Million Years [30 - 45]
Evolution quiz #2 in two week (after sex ed.)
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Finish Who Wants to Live a Million Years questions
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Daily Summary 03-14
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS: ESLP Project Sign-Up Reminder!
Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems
Warm-up: Why is a change (genetic or otherwise) in a single organism of a population not considered evolution? [5]
Introduction to the Science Research and Symposium Project [8]
Natural Selection [15]; Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [25]
Natural Selection Puzzle [40]
Last chance to get Genetics disorder questions stamped
Evolution quiz #1 on Thursday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Add detail to your answers to Darwin’s Dangerous Idea questions
Work on TSOTS blog post #6 and/or #7 re-dos
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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NO CLASS TODAY (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST)
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS: ESLP Project Sign-Up Reminder!
Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems
Warm-up: Why is a change (genetic or otherwise) in a single organism of a population not considered evolution? [5]
Introduction to the Science Research and Symposium Project [8]
Natural Selection [15]; Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [25]
Natural Selection Puzzle [40]
Last chance to get Genetics disorder questions stamped
Evolution quiz #1 on Thursday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Add detail to your answers to Darwin’s Dangerous Idea questions
Work on TSOTS blog post #6 and/or #7 re-dos
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Daily Summary 03-13
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS: ESLP Project Sign-Up Reminder!
Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems
Warm-up: Why is a change (genetic or otherwise) in a single organism of a population not considered evolution? [5]
Introduction to the Science Research and Symposium Project [8]
Natural Selection [15]
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [25]
Natural Selection Puzzle [40]
Finish Plasmids and Restriction Enzymes Modeling Activity and show to Mr. Bursch
Last chance to get Genetics disorder questions stamped
Evolution quiz #1 on Thursday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Add detail to your answers to Darwin’s Dangerous Idea questions
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS: ESLP Project Sign-Up Reminder!
Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems
Warm-up: Why is a change (genetic or otherwise) in a single organism of a population not considered evolution? [5]
Introduction to the Science Research and Symposium Project [8]
Natural Selection [15]; Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [25]
Natural Selection Puzzle [40]
Last chance to get Genetics disorder questions stamped
Evolution quiz #1 on Thursday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Add detail to your answers to Darwin’s Dangerous Idea questions
Work on TSOTS blog post #6 and/or #7 re-dos
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HONORS BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS: ESLP Project Sign-Up Reminder!
Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems
Warm-up: Why is a change (genetic or otherwise) in a single organism of a population not considered evolution? [5]
Introduction to the Science Research and Symposium Project [8]
Natural Selection [15]
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [25]
Natural Selection Puzzle [40]
Finish Plasmids and Restriction Enzymes Modeling Activity and show to Mr. Bursch
Last chance to get Genetics disorder questions stamped
Evolution quiz #1 on Thursday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Add detail to your answers to Darwin’s Dangerous Idea questions
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BIOLOGY
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IN CLASS: ESLP Project Sign-Up Reminder!
Objectives: Explain the concept of natural selection and how this process, along with chance events, drives evolution of biological systems
Warm-up: Why is a change (genetic or otherwise) in a single organism of a population not considered evolution? [5]
Introduction to the Science Research and Symposium Project [8]
Natural Selection [15]; Darwin’s Dangerous Idea [25]
Natural Selection Puzzle [40]
Last chance to get Genetics disorder questions stamped
Evolution quiz #1 on Thursday
OUTSIDE OF CLASS:
Add detail to your answers to Darwin’s Dangerous Idea questions
Work on TSOTS blog post #6 and/or #7 re-dos
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