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Date	Activities	Homework/Assignments
Tuesday 8 April	Evolution Notes Part 1 Evolution Notes Guide Part 1 Video: Evolution Notes Part 1	Schoology Unit 2 Assignment 1 (Docx)​​
Wednesday 9 April	​Video: When Whales had Legs	If you were absent: watch the video and complete the handout. ​
Thursday 10 April	Lab: Natural Selection	Schoology Unit 2 Assignment 4 (Docx)
Friday 11 April	​​Poster of Natural Selection Types	Graph Activity Handout: Evolution
Monday 14 April	Amoeba Sisters Natural Selection Youtube Video
Tuesday 15 April	Evolution Notes Part 2 Evolution Notes Guide Part 2 Video: Evolution Notes Part 2	Schoology Unit 2 Assignment 2 (Docx) Schoology Unit 2 Assignment 3 (Docx)
Wednesday 16 April	​Skittle Island Activity
Thursday 17 April	Video: Before they were bears Video Guide
Friday 18 April	​Finch Lab
Monday 21 April	Youtube Video: Genetic Drift
Tuesday 22 April	Video: Human Ape Part 1
Wednesday 23 April	​​Video Human Ape Part 2​​
Thursday 24 April	Pocket Mouse Activity Video on Pocket Mouse	Video on Natural Selection: Example Pocket Mouse
Friday 25 April	Review of Evolution and Natural Selection	Graph Activity Handout: Evolution
Tuesday 29 April	Finish Homework Assignments: Review for Exam	​Study Guide for Evolution Unit
Wednesday 30 April	Exam for Evolution

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State Standard (s):	Objective #:	Objective/Goal
LS4-HS-1:A	Objective 1	Describe evidences of evolution including genetic information, fossil records, similar DNA sequences, anatomical structures, and order of appearance of structures in embryological development.
LS4-HS-1:A LS4-HS-3: C	Objective 2	​Explain what natural selection is and how it occurs
LS4-HS-2:B C	Objective 3	Explain how behavior, morphology and physiology changes can result in evolution.
LS4-HS-2:B C	Objective 4	Explain the role of group behavior on individual species' ability to survive and reproduce.
LS4-HS-2:B C	Objective 5	Explain how competition for limited resources can result in evolution
LS4-HS-6: C	Objective 6	​Explain why species go extinct due to changes in the environment

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