Outcome I will create a fish with certain inherited traits and explain how my fish is adapted to its environment.

A Fish Story: Survival of the Fittest Part 1  Pick one card from each container. (7 total)  Design a new fish species that contains all of the traits on the cards.  Draw the environment the fish would best survive in.  Answer the questions and glue them on your poster

A Fish Story: Survival of the Fittest Part 2  Pick a random mutation card from your teacher.  Quickly add a mutated fish drawing to your poster.  Answer the questions and glue them on your poster.

Groups 1B-RadAveryIssac 2DesmondMeredithLinh 3TeaghanAnna L.Eli 4JacobMayaChris 5EduardoAlexaKim 6J-SwizzleTars 7AidenBrian

Groups 1LaRonjaeAkirahSydneyLeanne 2ChrisJamarJessica FYanet 3DreaDevonNickKaren 4MalikGlendaSamEmma G 5MelvinEmma PColinSophia 6TannerPeterJessica SJenifer 7KerraNinaAlyanna

Outcome I will create a fish with certain inherited traits and explain how my fish is adapted to its environment.

Natural Selection, Evolution, & Classification

What do you already know?  What does “evolution” mean?  What does “adaptation” mean?  What does “variation” mean?  What does “natural selection” mean?

Did you know…  Your DNA is 98% identical to a chimpanzee!  Your DNA is 99.9% identical to the person sitting next to you!  We determine this relatedness by comparing DNA nucleotides

Did you know…  Species that live now are different from species in the past. We can tell this by looking at fossils. Birds are believed to be evolved from dinosaurs! Whales and boa constrictors have pelvic bones…but no legs!

Variation  Individuals of the same species have different traits

What can increase variation?  Crossing Over in Meiosis  Sexual reproduction  Mutations

Why is variation important?

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Adaptation  Beneficial variation in a behavior or trait that an individual is born with.  Allows them to survive in their environment

Natural Selection  Individuals better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more often than less well adapted individuals

What do you need for natural selection to occur? 1. Variation caused by mutation 2. Environmental pressure  Climate  Predators  Lack of resources 3. Selection of certain inheritable traits 4. Adaptation over many generations

Evolution  Change in a population over time  Results from natural selection

Butterfly Activity

Design your Butterfly  Goal: Design a butterfly that cannot be found  Grab a white sheet of paper  Design a butterfly- You decide color, size, wing shape  Hide your butterfly in the room (think about the best environment for your butterfly)