Agenda 11/27 and 11/28 Evidence for Evolution Notes Evidence for Evolution Video/Recap Evolution Simulation Activity Homework: 1. Evidence for Evolution Video and Notes 2. WB Section # 138
Are birds more closely related to mammals or reptiles?
How do we know? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5KjCn7B6mU reptiles! Pose the question "How do we know?" to evaluate students' prior knowledge to the topic. How do we know?
Making Predictions On your dry erase boards, you are going to work with your group to make predictions about pictures I show you. Write a 2-3 sentence summary to explain the pictures. Use EVIDENCE in the pictures to form your response Think like a scientists!
Predict why these animals have such similar structures.
Predict why a whale would have a femur and pelvis but no hips.
Predict why these embryos look so similar and why the human and bird have gill slits
Predict why the chromosome for a human and a mouse look so similar
Summarize your conclusions from analyzing these pictures. 2-3 sentences
Evolution Defined…. Evolution is defined as change over time More specifically… Genetic change over time
Misconceptions Misconception 1: There is no evidence for evolution Why is this a misconception? Misconception 2: Evolution creates perfect organisms
What evidence do we have for evolution?
Where’s the Evidence? Fossils Homologous Structures Comparative Embryology DNA Vestigial Structures
Fossils Fossils show the existence of many different organisms through time that are related to existing organisms.
Homologous Structures Homologous structures show similarities in structures that suggests a common ancestor
Comparative Embryology The similarities in the early stages of development of vertebrates suggest these things could be distantly related
DNA We can collect quantitative data that proves relatedness between all living organisms today through similarities in DNA
Vestigial Structures Finding structures with no function in animals shows that their ancestors had a different body that needed that structure
Evidence for Evolution Video https://youtu.be/lIEoO5KdPvg