[PDF] Evidence &# 1: Biogeography

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Evidence # 1: Biogeography

Materials:

Evidence of Evolution student notes Excerpts from ƒ"™‹ǯ• On the Origin of Species Blank sheet of paper Textbook Biology class notes On your Evidence of evolution student note•ǥǤ

1. Define the word biogeography. Use your textbook.

2. Look back at your ƒ"™‹ǯ• Observations note we did earlier in the unit to fill in the rest of the

Biogeography section of your Evidence of Evolution student notes.

On a separate sheet of paperǥǤ

3. Title your paper Dz‹‘‰‡‘‰"ƒ"Š›ǣ A letter from ƒ"™‹Ǥdz

4. Read two of the excerpts from On the Origin of Species.

a. Read the natural selection chapter b. Read one other chapter of your choosing c. You may want to read with a partner as the older style of language can be challenging to understand.

5. Pretend you are Darwin, and you are writing a letter from his viewpoint to one of his friends.

Discuss what you observed during your journey.

a. The letter must be 3 paragraphs or more (a paragraph is at least 3-5 sentences). b. The letter must be from the viewpoint of Darwin. You are writing as Darwin. c. Use all of the following sentence starters below to help you.

Self-assessment

Answer the questions in the Biogeography section of your self-assessment. Sentence starters:

Dear _____________,

In 1831, I left England on the HMS Beagle. I travelled south through the Atlantic Ocean, stopping MP"

On my journey, I VMR"

The most influential place I visited was"

There I observed"

After my five year journey, I gathered enough evidence to form the theory of"B

This theory states"

Sincerely,

_______________________

Charles Darwin

Evidence #2: Comparative Anatomy

Materials:

Evidence of Evolution student notes Anatomical Evidence of Evolution worksheet Comparative Embryoloy reading/directions (class set) The Vertebrate Body (colouring sheet) Textbook Markers/coloured pencils

On your worksheetsǥ

1. Complete the Anatomical Evidence of Evolution worksheet.

Use your textbook as a reference if you need it.

2. Follow the directions in the blue Comparative Embryology reading/directions to colour the embryos

on your Vertebrate Body sheet. On your Evidence of Evolution student note•ǥ

3. Use your worksheet and the Comparative Embryology reading/directions to fill in your Evidence of

Evolution student notes.

Self-assessment

Answer the questions in the Biogeography section of your self-assessment.

Evidence #3: Fossils/Earth History

Materials:

Evidence of Evolution student notes

Ȉ Textbook

Ȉ Article, DzFossil ˜‹†‡...‡dz (class set) Fossil Evidence worksheet

On your ™‘"•Š‡‡-ǥ

1. Read the article, Dz ‘••‹Ž ˜‹†‡...‡Ǥdz

2. Complete the Fossil Evidence worksheet.

On your Evidence of evolution student notesǥ

4. Read pages 538-539 and 553-555 in your textbook.

5. Using the information from the article, and from your textbook, fill in the Fossils/Earth History

section of your Evidence of evolution student notes.

Self-assessment

Answer the questions in the Fossils/Earth History section of your self-assessment

Evidence #4: Endosymbiotic Theory

Materials:

Evidence of Evolution student notes

Ȉ Endosymbiotic Theory worksheet

The Endosymbiotic Theory article (class set) Preview class notes OR textbook

On your worksheetǥ

1. Fill out part A of your Endosymbiotic Theory worksheet. If you †‘ǯ- remember the answers to the

questions, reference the notes ™‡ǯ˜‡ already done in class together, or your textbook.

2. Read The Endosymbiotic Theory article. Make sure you reference and read the last page of evidence!

3. Finish parts B-D of the worksheet.

On your Evidence of evolution student note•ǥ

4. Fill out your Evidence of Evolution student notes using what ›‘—ǯ˜‡ learned.

Self-assessment

Answer the questions in the Endosymbiotic Theory section of your self-assessment.

Evidence #5: Biochemical Comparisons

Materials:

Evidence of Evolution student notes Amino acid data sheet (pink) Biochemical Comparisons packet

Phone with TimeTree app downloaded *Note: you may also use your "Š‘‡ǯ• web browser and go

to www.timetree.org instead.

In your packetǥ

1. Follow directions to complete the Biochemical Comparisons packet: make sure you read the full

introduction and directions carefully. On your Evidence of evolution student note•ǥ

2. Complete the Evidence of evolution student notes using what ›‘—ǯ˜‡ learned.

Self-assessment

Answer the questions in the DNA/Molecular Comparison section of your self-assessment.