DO NOW Date: JAN 20th 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 notebook on page 13: Jan. 20th DO NOW: Copy the notes below into your notebook on page 13: 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 13: Notes cont’d: Copy the definition onto page 13: 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

2 Column Notes -You will read GALAPAGOS FINCHES: Famous Beaks -In your notebook on page 14, you will complete 2-column notes as outlined in the reading. -CLASS SET ALERT!!! DO NOT WRITE on the article

DO NOW Date: JAN 21st & 22nd 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.

Adaptive Advantages Complete the handout on your own first. Once completed, compare and discuss your answers with a partner.

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.

Presentation Expectations Presenters: Speak clearly and loudly Audience -Listen Quietly -Decide whether you agree or disagree -When presentation is over, you may be called upon to share your thoughts

Finish animal poster from last week -Name of the animal -Drawing of the animal -Biome (with brief description) animal lives in -Label internal and/or external structures that help the animal survive. -Brief summary of the animal’s: *adaptations *food/water source *any other information you want to include ***************Use color!******************

1. Adaptation 2. Population 3. Variation DO-NOW Jan 23rd 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

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