Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

OBJECTIVE: Students will diagram a concept map in order to recall evidence for evolution.

WARM-UP:
List the types of evidence known today to support the theory of evolution.

VOCABULARY:
1) gene pool
2) relative frequency
3) single-gene trait
4) polygenic trait
5) speciation

CLASSWORK:
1. Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2. Discuss/Notes
a. Evidence for the relatedness of species on Earth (fossil record, geographic distribution of living species, homologous structures, anatomical similarities, and biochemistry similarities of DNA base sequences and/or amino acid
sequences)
b. All species on Earth today are related by a common ancestor
c. DNA code is virtually the same for all life forms
3) Amino Acid Lab
4) Review BCR from Review Sheet
5) Closure

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