Unit 7: Natural Selection: 

Link to Schoology Homework:

IF YOU MISS A CLASS OR LAB due to illness or quarantine, you need to make up the work by the Monday following your allowed return. If you do not, you will not get credit. There is NO late work accepted for this class. Plan accordingly. ​

Textbook Chapter 21: Genomes and their Evolution

Textbook Chapter 22: Decent with Modification A Darwinian View of Life

Textbook Chapter 23: The Evolution of Populations

Textbook Chapter 24: The Origin of Species

Textbook Chapter 25: The History of Life on Earth

Textbook Chapter 26: Phylogeny and The Tree of Life

Date	Activities	Homework/Assignments
​Tuesday 20 January	Syllabus and Lab Safety ​Darwins Ideas Notes Darwins Ideas Notes Guide Video: Darwins Ideas Notes
​Wednesday 21 Jan	Finish: ​​Darwins Ideas Notes Darwins Ideas Notes Guide	Unit 7: Assignment 1 on Schoology Unit 7: Assignment 2 on Schoology
​Thursday 22 Jan	Pocket Mouse Activity	Pocket Mouse Video
Friday 23 Jan	Lizard Evolution Virtual Lab ​Student Handout
Monday 26 January	Natural Selection: Crash Course ​Population Genetics: Crash Course
Tuesday 27 Jan	Lizard Evolution Virtual Lab ​Student Handout	Link for Virtual Lab
Wednesday 28 Jan	Quiz: Darwins Ideas Notes Origin of Species Notes ​Origin of Species Notes Guide Video: Origin of Species Notes ​	Unit 7: Assignment 5: Origin of Species
Thursday 29 Jan	Population Genetics Notes ​Population Genetics Notes Guide Video: Population Genetics Notes	Unit 7: Assignment 3 on Schoology Unit 7: Assignment 4 on Schoology
Monday 2 February	Population Genetics: Crash Course  ​	​
Tuesday 3 February	Goldfish Lab Population Genetics Activity  ​​​​​​	Link for Results Spreadsheet ​Work on Hardy Weinberg Problems from Population Genetics Activity   ​​
Wednesday 4 February	Quiz: Population Genetics BLAST Lab activity​​​​​​	​Link to BLAST Website ​​Gene 1 File: Gene 3 File: Gene 4 File:​​
​Thursday 5 Feb	​Finish: BLAST Lab activity ​Finish: Unit 7: Assignment 5: Origin of Species ​
​Friday 6 Feb	Hardy Weinberg Practice Problems from Lab Finish BLAST Lab
Monday 9 Feb	Natural Selection: Bozeman Science
Tuesday 10 Feb	Quiz: Origin of Species Notes Review Focus Topics for Exam Last Years Free Response Test Questions​​
Wednesday 11 Feb	Exam 1: Evolution	Transformation Lab Start:

Self Help Videos:
Natural Selection: Bozeman Science
Natural Selection: Crash Course
Speciation: Bozeman Science

​Population Genetics: Crash Course
Taxonomy: Crash Course
History of Life on Earth: Crash Course

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