UNIT OVERVIEW

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will…

• Use artificial selection to develop a new variety of insects.
• Distinguish between the processes of natural and artificial selection.
• Compare the rates at which natural and artificial selection occur.
• Explore how the rate of mutations is related to the rate of adaptation to an environment.

VOCABULARY

artificial selection, breed, chromosome, evolution, fitness, genotype, mutation, natural selection,

ASSIGNMENT

Part 1 : Vocabulary and lesson

Search the vocabulary above and write it down in your notebook. Make sure you understand all the words.

Watch the videos below about natural and artificial selection.

• Artificial selection : https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-biology/natural-selection/artificial-selection/v/artificial-selection-and-domestication
• Natural selection : https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-biology/natural-selection/natural-selection-ap/v/introduction-to-evolution-and-natural-selection

Part 2 : Gizmo warm-up

Visit explore learning. Complete the warm-up below.

Part 3 : Complete the activity below

Hello scholars,

Here you can find some directives for the rest of the school year.

You will always find the unit overview when you view old posts on the main page. Thus, you can review everything we have done so far in science during the school year.

On each post, there is an assignment with the learning objectives. Visit explorelearning (gizmo) to complete the activity and khan academy to review the lesson. Let me know if you forgot your username.

My office hours are from Monday to Friday, 8am – 10am. Call me if you have any questions and want the correction.

Take care,

Mr Mockel

UNIT OVERVIEW

ASSIGNMENT

Go to illuminate.online

Enter your username (id) and the test code : VWXKUR6

Make your research on internet and use the handbook if necessary. 

The objective is to get right to all of the questions, so take your time when answering the questions. Use a handbook and internet to complete your research and ask the professor if you need help.

UNIT OVERVIEW

ASSIGNMENT

Go to illuminate.online

Enter your username (id) and the test code :  G4V9683

Make your research on internet and use the handbook if necessary. 

The objective is to get right to all of the questions, so take your time when answering the questions. Use a handbook and internet to complete your research and ask the professor if you need help.

UNIT OVERVIEW

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will…

• Identify the producer in an ecosystem.
• Classify consumers as herbivores or carnivores.
• Investigate the interdependence of the organisms in an ecosystem.
• Determine what each organism eats based on the results of experiments.
• Explore the long-term effects of changes to the ecosystem.

VOCABULARY

carnivore, consumer, ecosystem, equilibrium, extinct, food chain, herbivore, organism, population, prairie, producer

ASSIGNMENT

Part 1 : Vocabulary

Search the vocabulary above and write it down in your notebook. Make sure you understand all the words.

Part 2 : Gizmo warm-up

Visit explore learning. Complete the warm-up below.

Part 3 : Activity A – Grass

Part 4 : Activity B – Making a food chain

INTERVENTION

Complete the test below using the lesson.

Test

UNIT OVERVIEW

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will…

• Use artificial selection to develop a new variety of insects.
• Distinguish between the processes of natural and artificial selection.
• Compare the rates at which natural and artificial selection occur.
• Explore how the rate of mutations is related to the rate of adaptation to an environment.

VOCABULARY

artificial selection, breed, chromosome, evolution, fitness, genotype, mutation, natural selection,

ASSIGNMENT

Part 1 : Vocabulary

Search the vocabulary above and write it down in your notebook. Make sure you understand all the words.

Part 2 : Gizmo warm-up

Visit explore learning. Complete the warm-up below.

Part 3 : Complete the activity below

UNIT OVERVIEW

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will…

• Identify the producer in an ecosystem.
• Classify consumers as herbivores or carnivores.
• Investigate the interdependence of the organisms in an ecosystem.
• Determine what each organism eats based on the results of experiments.
• Explore the long-term effects of changes to the ecosystem.

VOCABULARY

carnivore, consumer, ecosystem, equilibrium, extinct, food chain, herbivore, organism, population, prairie, producer

ASSIGNMENT

Part 1 : Vocabulary

Search the vocabulary above and write it down in your notebook. Make sure you understand all the words.

Part 2 : Gizmo warm-up

Visit explore learning. Complete the warm-up below.

Part 3 : Activity A – Grass

INTERVENTION

Complete the test below using the lesson.

Test

UNIT OVERVIEW

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will…

• Use artificial selection to develop a new variety of insects.
• Distinguish between the processes of natural and artificial selection.
• Compare the rates at which natural and artificial selection occur.
• Explore how the rate of mutations is related to the rate of adaptation to an environment.

VOCABULARY

artificial selection, breed, chromosome, evolution, fitness, genotype, mutation, natural selection,

ASSIGNMENT

Part 1 : Vocabulary

Search the vocabulary above and write it down in your notebook. Make sure you understand all the words.

Part 2 : Gizmo warm-up

Visit explore learning. Complete the warm-up below.

Part 3 : Complete the activity below

UNIT OVERVIEW

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will…

• Identify the producer in an ecosystem.
• Classify consumers as herbivores or carnivores.
• Investigate the interdependence of the organisms in an ecosystem.
• Determine what each organism eats based on the results of experiments.
• Explore the long-term effects of changes to the ecosystem.

VOCABULARY

carnivore, consumer, ecosystem, equilibrium, extinct, food chain, herbivore, organism, population, prairie, producer

ASSIGNMENT

Part 1 : Vocabulary

Search the vocabulary above and write it down in your notebook. Make sure you understand all the words.

Part 2 : Gizmo warm-up

Visit explore learning. Complete the warm-up below.

Part 3 : Activity A – Grass

INTERVENTION

Complete the test below using the lesson.

Test

UNIT OVERVIEW

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will…

• Use artificial selection to develop a new variety of insects.
• Distinguish between the processes of natural and artificial selection.
• Compare the rates at which natural and artificial selection occur.
• Explore how the rate of mutations is related to the rate of adaptation to an environment.

VOCABULARY

artificial selection, breed, chromosome, evolution, fitness, genotype, mutation, natural selection,

ASSIGNMENT

Part 1 : Vocabulary

Search the vocabulary above and write it down in your notebook. Make sure you understand all the words.

Part 2 : Gizmo warm-up

Visit explore learning. Complete the warm-up below.