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  1. Unit Overview Unit Overview: The students will examine the evolution of living organisms through inherited characteristics and natural selection. They will investigate the survival of organisms and their successive generations as related to their inherited characteristics and adaptations. They will utilize the fossil record found in sedimentary rock as an important tool in providing evidence of evolution. Refer to GPS Framework for acceptable tasks. General Concept Overview – change over time ie finches and peppered moths, natural selection, fossil record

  2. Georgia Performance Standards Focus Content Standard Elements S7L5a. Explain how physical characteristics of organism have changed over successive generations. SL75b. Describe ways in which species on earth have evolved due to natural selection. SL75c. Explain how the fossil record found in sedimentary rock provides evidence for the long history of changing life forms. • S7L5. Students will examine the evolution of living organism through inherited characteristics that promote the survival of organisms and survival of successive generations of their offspring.

  3. Georgia Performance Standards Essential Questions Characteristics of Science S7CS1. Students will explore of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works. S7CS2. Students will use standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations. S7CS3. Students will have the computation and estimation skills necessary for analyzing data and following scientific explanations. S7CS4. Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating equipment and materials in scientific activities. S7CS6. Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly. S7CS7. Students will question scientific claims and arguments effectively. S7CS8. Students will investigate the characteristics of scientific knowledge and how that knowledge is achieved. S7CS10. Students will enhance reading in all curriculum areas • Essential questions: • How do physical characteristics of organisms demonstrate/support the theory of evolution? • How does natural selection affect the evolution of species on earth? • How does the fossil record provide evidence of evolution? • How does natural selection and survival of the fittest affect biodiversity? • Why might life forms change over time?

  4. Georgia Performance Standards Complementary Standards Elements S7L3a. Explain the role of genes and chromosomes in the process of inheriting a specific trait. S7L4c. Recognize that changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of both individuals and entire species. • S7L3. Students will recognize how biological traits are passed onto successive generations. • S7L4. Students will examine the dependence of organism on one another and their environments.

  5. Enduring Understandings • Physical characteristics of organisms may adapt over time in response to environmental changes. • Changes in species occur due to natural selection, reproduction and environmental conditions. • Fossils provide evidence of change. • Earth and its living organisms have a history of change and this is called the theory of evolution. • Organisms that were best adapted to deal with change throughout time have survived, while other organisms have become extinct.

  6. Tuesday, January 8 – 1, 2, and 5Happy Birthday Kaitlin C and Katie M!! Classwork Homework SFP Logbook: problem, hypothesis, and research due Mon. 1/14 • Media Center: Work on SFP

  7. Wednesday, January 9 Happy Birthday Kaitlin C and Katie M!! Classwork Homework SFP Logbook: problem, hypothesis, and research due Mon. 1/14 Parent signature due Friday • New Seats! • Quotations • Isn't Evolution Just a Theory? • PowerPoint: Darwin’s Theory • Video: Changes over Time

  8. Thursday, January 10Happy Birthday Ms. Tokarska! Classwork Homework SFP Logbook: problem, hypothesis, and research due Mon. 1/14 • Lab Activity DVD • Activity: Nature at Work – p 180-181 #ALL (skip Design an Experiment)

  9. Thursday, January 10Happy Birthday Ms. Tokarska! Classwork Homework SFP Logbook: problem, hypothesis, and research due Mon. 1/14 • Group A • Lab Activity DVD • Activity: Nature at Work – p 180-181 #ALL (skip Design an Experiment) • Group B • Outline p 172-179

  10. Friday, January 11Happy Birthday Kate F and Molly C!! Classwork Homework SFP Logbook: problem, hypothesis, and research due Mon. 1/14 • TURN in Parent Signature!! – Quiz Grade!!! • Peppered Moths • Finish Nature at Work • What Darwin Never Knew

  11. Monday, January 14Happy Birthday Mary!! Classwork Homework Finish Nature at Work – due tomorrow SFP Logbook: Materials, Methods, Variables, and Blank Data Table due Tuesday – 1/22 • SFP Logbook Check • Discuss next SFP Logbook due date • Read article and answer questions: Galapagos Finches – Famous Beaks • Finish Nature at Work

  12. Tuesday, January 15 Classwork Homework SFP Logbook: Materials, Methods, Variables, and Blank Data Table due Tuesday – 1/22 • Turn in Nature at Work • How Does Evolution Really Work? • Famous Beaks: • Discuss article • Islands and Finches • Battle of the Beaks

  13. Wednesday, January 16Happy Birthday Donovan!! Classwork Homework SFP Logbook: Materials, Methods, Variables, and Blank Data Table due Tuesday – 1/22 • Finish Battle of the Beaks • Notes: Evidence of Evolution • What Darwin Never Knew

  14. Thursday, January 17 Classwork Homework HW – Read 6-2, answer p 187 #1-3 SFP Logbook: Materials, Methods, Variables, and Blank Data Table due Tuesday – 1/22 • Reading: “Whales: Walking into the Past” • How Do We Know Evolution Really Happens? • What Darwin Never Knew

  15. Friday, January 18Happy Birthday Cameron and Jenacie!! Classwork Homework SFP Logbook: Materials, Methods, Variables, and Blank Data Table due Tuesday – 1/22 • Homework on your desk (p187) • The Tell Tale Molecule • What Darwin Never Knew

  16. Tuesday, January 22 Classwork Homework WS: Enrich – ALL OF IT! SFP Logbook: Results II and III - due Tuesday, February 5 • Read article and answer questions: Humans and Chimps • SFP Logbook check

  17. Wednesday, January 23 Classwork Homework SFP Logbook: Results II and III - due Tuesday, February 5 • Pass forward HW • Humans and Chimps • Chimps Vs. Humans • Mutation up Close • Molecular Clock

  18. Thursday, January 24Happy Birthday Eric D and Ashton A!! Classwork Homework Essay: Chimps vs. Humans due Tuesday Evolution Test next Tuesday SFP Logbook: Results II and III - due Tuesday, February 5 • Why Does Evolution Matter Now? • The Fossil Record • Essay: Chimps vs. Humans

  19. Friday, January 25Happy Birthday Kimberly!! Classwork Homework Essay: Chimps vs. Humans due Tuesday Evolution Test Wednesday SFP Logbook: Results II and III - due Tuesday, February 5 • Work on Essay • The Human Family Tree

  20. Monday, January 28Happy Birthday Emma Y!!! Classwork Homework Essay: Chimps vs. Humans due Tomorrow Evolution Test Wednesday SFP Logbook: Results II and III - due Tuesday, February 5 Guinea Pig Day for SFP Friday, Monday, and Tuesday – Media Center • Activity: Examining the Fossil Record

  21. Tuesday, January 29 Classwork Homework Evolution Test tomorrow SFP Logbook: Results II and III - due Tuesday, February 5 Guinea Pig Day for SFP Friday, Monday, and Tuesday – Media Center • Turn in essay: Chimps vs. Humans • Test Review • The Human Family Tree

  22. Wednesday, January 30 Classwork Homework SFP Logbook: Results II and III - due Tuesday, February 5 Guinea Pig Day for SFP Friday, Monday, and Tuesday – Media Center • Test: Theory of Evolution • The Human Family Tree

  23. Thursday, January 31 Classwork Homework SFP Logbook: Results II and III - due Tuesday, February 5 Guinea Pig Day for SFP Friday, Monday, and Tuesday – Media Center • Review Test/Grades • The Human Family Tree

  24. Friday, February 1 Classwork Homework SFP Logbook: Results II and III - due Tuesday, February 5 • Media Center – SFP

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