Classification
- Origin of Tetrapods Video
- Origin of Tetrapods Video Questions and Quiz
- "From Fins into Hands" - New York Times article
- The Origin of Humans Video
- The Origin of Humans Video Questions
- "Fossils Shed New Light on Human-Gorilla Split" - Scientific American article
- Respond to this writing prompt (2 paragraphs, handwritten or typed):
- Discuss how the article "From Fins into Hands" provides further evidence of homologous structures of fish and land animals. Summarize the findings of the experiments described in the article. You may use details from the short film "The Origin of Tetrapods" to support your explanation.
- Respond to this writing prompt (2 paragraphs, handwritten or typed):
- Discuss how the article "Fossils Shed New Light on Human-Gorilla Split" either supports or contradicts the short film "The Origin of Humans" you watched on the origin of human evolution. Please use evidence from both the video and the article to support your explanation.
Cladograms
Microevolution
- Strawfish Lab
- Strawfish and Selection Trend Opener
- Chapter 18 Packet
- Hardy-Weinberg PowerPoint
- Hardy-Weinberg Notes
- Hardy-Weinberg Problem Set #1
- Population Genetics Lab
- Hardy-Weinberg Extra Practice Problems and Practice Problems KEY
- Making of the Fittest PowerPoint
- Making of the Fittest Notes
- Rock Pocket Mouse Video
- Rock Pocket Mouse Color Variation
- Rock Pocket Mouse Hardy- Weinberg & Selection Coefficient Excel File for Part 3
- Phylogenetic Tree HHMI Click & Learn and Worksheet
- Khan Academy - Phylogenetic Trees (good!)
- Genetic Drift and H-W Inquiry Lab
- Genetic Drift Notes
Macroevolution
- Macroevolution PowerPoint
- Macroevolution Pop Quiz KEY
- Dating Corn Domestication Using Carbon Isotopes (see discussion questions on educator copy)
- Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn Video sheet
- Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn Video (17 min 51 sec)
- Evolution Concept Map
- The Biology of Skin Color Video
- The Biology of Skin Color Video Questions
- The Biology of Skin Color Quiz
- History and Evidence of Evolution PowerPoint and Notes
- Origin of Humans Video
- Origin of Humans Video Questions
10 Examples of Natural selection activity
BLAST Lab
- GenBank - go here first to generate amino acid sequences
- Part A Amino Acid Sequences (Word format)
- Part B Amino Acid Sequences - formatting looks weird on Google Docs, but it will work if you copy/paste into Clustal Omega input box
- BLAST Lab Procedure
- Blast Lab Data and Analysis Packet
Article and Prompt for HW due Tues. 1/23/18
- Evolution Full Tilt Article from Discover Magazine
- Respond to this writing prompt (~1 page, handwritten or typed):
- According to the author of the article, how has technology changed the way that humans have evolved / are evolving? How does it compare against the normal process of evolution? Cite specific details from the article.
Article and Prompt Classwork/HW Due THur. 1/25/18:
- Life in the Fast Lane Article from Discover Magazine
- Respond to this writing prompt:
- Describe David Reznick’s experiment with guppy evolution. Contrast the results of this study and others mentioned in the article with Darwin’s Gradualism model of speciation.