DO NOW Date: JAN 17th Tape into page 120 What are the two parts of a scientific name? Why do we use scientific names?

-Watch a video about Charles Darwin. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Q. How do natural biological processes result in the development of new species? OBJECTIVES: -Watch a video about Charles Darwin. -Take two-column notes on the Finches of the Galapagos Islands.

Copy the notes below into your INB: For evolution by natural selection to happen, there must be: 1. Variation 2. Inheritable Traits 3. Natural Selection Dendroica coronata coronata

Copy the definition onto page ___: Notes cont’d: Copy the definition onto page ___: Natural Selection: organisms that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce; the environment “chooses” who lives and who dies. Dendroica coronata coronata

Video NOVA: What Darwin Never Knew (Stop at 15:03)

2 Column Notes -You will read GALAPAGOS FINCHES: Famous Beaks -Fill out the Cornell Notes on the handout after you read -Tape into notebook on page ___ when finished

DO NOW – p. 120 Date: JAN 18th & 19th Describe an organism that is closely related to snakes.  Explain why you believe they are related.

-Adaptations Practice. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Q. How do natural biological processes result in the development of new species? OBJECTIVES: -Adaptations Practice. -Watch Planet Earth Videos and determine how Environmental changes will affect species.

Planet Earth We will watch 4 clips As you watch the clips, fill in the information on your sheet including: -Species -Environment -Adaptations After the clip, compare your information with your group.

Planet Earth Once the clip is over, you will be given an environmental change. Determine which species is most likely to survive, and what adaptations must occur in that species to ensure its survival. Fill in your explanation on your sheet, and prepare to present, as a group, your predictions.

The Arctic Polar bears 1 Polar Bears 2

The Arctic Environmental change: Global warming has cause all of the arctic ice to melt leaving open ocean where there was once hard ice to walk and hunt on.

African Desert Elephant vs. Lion

African Desert Environmental Change: Weather patterns begin to change resulting in large amounts of rain year round.

Deciduous Forest Wasps

Deciduous Forest Environmental Change Drought causes the trees to produce far less acorns, and the ones that are produced are half the size.

Antarctic Fur Seals and Penguins

Antarctic Environmental Change: There is no change. Discuss what adaptations could occur if the environment stays the same.

Textbook reading Read pages 292-293 in your textbook In your INB on page ___, answer questions 11-13 in complete sentences (you will need to draw the chart for number 13)

Finish animal poster from last week Choose and describe your animal’s habitat Invent a fictional animal that is able to survive in your habitat.  This includes ways they find food, water, shelter, protect themselves etc… Draw/create your animal and label any internal and external structures that allow their animal to survive in its habitat.  Name your animal ***Use color***

1. Adaptation 2. Population 3. Variation Jan 20th DO-NOW On your Do Now Sheet, match the vocabulary word to the correct example.. 1. Adaptation 2. Population 3. Variation Picture A Picture B Picture C

-Adaptations Practice. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Q. How do natural biological processes result in the development of new species? OBJECTIVES: -Adaptations Practice. Understanding how natural selection allows for the survival of members of a species with specific traits Look at Selective Breeding and how humans Shape outcomes for a desired trait

Engage When the Galápagos were first formed, there were no plants or animals on the islands. In your comp book, write about some ways that plants and animals from South America could have found their way to these rocky islands. Be prepared to share!

Galapagos Islands

Dog Breeding How to Get an American Foxhound and Why? Part A 400 years ago there was no such thing as a foxhound! How did they get here? Part B Part C English Foxhound American Dogs are part of a single species, Canis familiaris. There are over 400 different breeds of dogs. A breed is a subspecies. It takes many generations to get a new breed .• Many breeds today are a result of artificial selection / selective breeding.

Breeding Example Breeding Example

Dog Traits Dog Traits

Dog Breeds Dog Breeds and Traits

You are a dog breeder Task Puppy Traits

Artificial Selection Artificial Selection

Reflection Draw Pictures of the 3 offspring (puppies) Write a paragraph describing the process of artificial selection in your own words, using dogs or another organism as your example. Use variation, inheritance, selection, and time in explanation.