Evolutionary Timeline

Announcement: an open book quiz will take place on November 13 and 14 based on all evolution notes so far.  Reminder that our Beaty Museum Field Trip will take place 15th.  Please bring your $8 to class on Thursday and Fri.  Please work on your cartoon of Natural Selection

Slideshow: Geological Time starting with the Big Bang, Hubble Deep Field View, formation of Earth and moon, proceding to the evolutionary timeline

Video: disclaimer, it's a bit of a USA focus/bias near the end

EVOLUTION NOTES and FIELD TRIP FORM: note field trip will be in January to give us time to collect $ and forms

Biology 11 students will continue to have a lesson on the following notes
Evolution  
How evolutionary change occurs
There is a worksheet to work through and the teacher will go over concepts

Please fill in this online consent form and EMAIL YOUR AFFECTED TEACHERS the link to the field trip letting them know you would like to attend and asking them.  It is essential they are notified ASAP
BEATY ONLINE CONSENT FORM UPDATE: THIS TRIP WILL MOVE TO JANUARY

Evolution is so amazing.  Every animal, plant, fungi in every ecosystem out there evolved a perfect set of adaptations or characteristics which they inherited from their parents.  Look at this freshly hatched marine Iguana.  It's just come out of its egg laid in the sand and it must make it to the top of the volcanic rocks without getting caught by the racer snake.
ASSIGNMENT
Watch this video and make a list of at least five adaptations on the Iguana and five on the snake.

November 18 and 21 Biology classes

On November 18, students will do an evolution worksheet based on the following evolution notes
Please go over these notes and fill in the blanks in the INTRO TO EVOLUTION.  There will be some students who need to take the plant evolution test.  
Evolution
How evolutionary change occurs

also images from a discussion on
punctuated equilibrium
natural selection

On November 21, students will work through a dichotomous key activity on the desk to be handed in.  Students will work on it individually.

Reminder for the Test coming up on November 16 and 17 and also a field trip to the Beaty Museum coming up

Study package

 a practice test based on some reading. 
a Webquest on Plant Evolution
A powerpoint on plants and also notes
our latest Plant lab to examine the structures of different plants.  
a really EASY CLASSIFICATION worksheet 
 sharks WORKSHEET AND KEY
Classification, addendum:  define heterotroph, autotroph

our field trip to Beaty Museum IS NOW TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR DEC15
Fill in THE ONLINE CONSENT WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE and hand in the paper form too

Video on Alternation of Generation in NonVascular Plants

Note that while the sporophyte and sporangium is 2n or diploid, the spores which eventually turn into new gametophytes are (n) or haploid.  As you watch the video, he's a little unclear on that particular point

update on that test

This test is now scheduled to be on November 16 on day2 and 17 on day1.  Sorry for the delay.  I'm down with the flu and I hope you are able to review the practice test questions on friday.