5. Acquisition Lesson 4
Plan for the Concept, Topic, or Skill -- Not for the Day
Lesson Essential Question:
What influence do environmental conditions have on natural selection?
What do students need to learn to be able to answer the Essential Question?
Teaching Strategies
Time (in days):
2
2
Rubric(s):
Acquisition Lesson:
1. How do mutations, migration and genetic drift impact evolution?2. What are the essention components of natural selection?3. How does a geographical feature impact the genetic variation of a population?4. How do mutations impact evolution?5. What influence do environmental conditions have on natural selection?6. What events lead up to the extinction of an organism? 7. How do we use fossils to support the theory of evolution?Extending Thinking Lesson:
1. What is the relationship between meiosis and natural selection? (error analysis)2. How does the declining polar bear population in the arctic illustrate a response to changing environmental conditions? (deductive reasoning or constructing support)3. How does the incomplete fossil record impact the theory of evolution? (constructing support or deductive reasoning)