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CalendarThurs., 10/23

Topic: Natural selectionHomework: Study for quiz tomorrow

To Do

Get outCalendarPencil, eraserComp bookColorsGlue/tape/stapler

FYIQ2 grades so far (not all are in the Portal yet):

• Inquiry Test• Helicopter Lab Report• Opposable Thumb Lab

Participation

Get out your foldable from yesterday.

If you’re doing Cornell notes, make sure you have your pictures still.

Check out

Wild About Animals – FOX (Channel 10)Saturday mornings (9am)

A comprehensive list of animal adaptationshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/adaptations

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CalendarThurs., 10/23

Topic: Natural selectionHomework: Study for quiz tomorrow

To Do

Get outCalendarPencil, eraserComp bookColorsGlue/tape/stapler

FYIQ2 grades so far (not all are in the Portal yet):

• Inquiry Test• Helicopter Lab Report• Opposable Thumb Lab

Participation

Get out your foldable from yesterday. If you’re doing Cornell notes, make sure you have your pictures still.

Place your blue sheet & open white booklet on the counter.

Check out

Wild About Animals – FOX (Channel 10)Saturday mornings (9am)

A comprehensive list of animal adaptationshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/adaptations

Honors

http://www.techapps.net/interactives/pepperMoths.swf

2 more volunteers

Peppered Moth Game

Item 1

Item 2“Charles Darwin was surprised to learn the local people could tell by looking at a tortoise which island it came from. Darwin also studied finches [small birds]. Each island had a different species of finch. Later, Darwin came to the conclusion that all were descended from a single species of finch. On each island, the finches had diverged and become slightly different.”

Honors

Item 2 “Charles Darwin was surprised to learn the local people could tell by looking at a tortoise which island it came from. Later, Darwin came to believe that the different tortoises all descended [came from] one species of tortoise.””

Reg.

Item 3Words to know

Mutation: a DNA error

Unfavorable: not helpful

Favorable: helpful

Item 4

Decide if you want your pg. 59 to be a foldable or Cornell notes.

Foldable or Cornell notes?

“Nature is neither kind nor cruel, but indifferent.”-Richard Dawkins

To survive & reproduce, animals need…-Food-Water-Shelter-Territory-Mates

Must engage in competition with other animals (same species or not) in order to get those things.

Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

Traveled to the Galapagos Islands

Noticed small differences in the tortoises and finches on each island

Developed the Theory of Natural Selection: favorable traits become more common over time, while unfavorable traits decrease

Also called, survival of the fittest

1. DNA mutates and makes a new trait.2. Favorable mutations join the group

of favorable traits for that species.3. Animals with favorable traits

reproduce & pass on “good genes.”

Mutations

Started with 1 species of finch.

Different islands have different food.

Birds with favorable beak structure mutations caught and ate food, survived, & reproduced.

The mutated beak genes became the norm.

New species of finches became present.

•Watch it 2 times.•Think about the information in the video and in your notes.

•Write 5 sentences to answer these questions (pg. 58)• What is natural selection?• What happens to animals because of natural selection?• What does it mean to be fit for an environment, compared

to not fit for an environment?• Can you give an example of natural selection? (i.e. 2 fish in a

lake, 2 monkeys in a jungle)• Include a colored picture

Brainpop: Natural Selection Reg.

•Watch it 1-2 times.•Think about the information in the video and in your notes.

Brainpop: Natural Selection Hon.

Left Side Activity (poem/song lyrics, comic w/ summary, script for a kids show, etc.) (pg. 58)

Must cover the following information:• What is natural selection?• What happens to animals because of natural selection?• What does it mean to be fit for an environment, compared to not

fit for an environment?• Can you give an example of natural selection?