1.  HAPPY TUESDAY!
You and your partner will have 5 minutes to arrange the cards at your table in the “most logical order”.
There is no right way to do this but you will have to justify the order.
On your Bellwork (Left Side): Explain what info you used to arrange the cards. What did you look for?

2. Mix-Freeze-Group
Genetic
Mutation
Natural
Selection
Small
Population
Non-Random
Mating 2 3 4 5
I am going to survive! Because I have the best genes for my environment.
I am HUGELY affected by genetic drift.
I am VERY picky. I will only choose you, because your traits are most attractive to me.
I am a mistake in the DNA sequence

3. Journals… Page:_____ Title: Evidence for Evolution
EQ: What evidence is there for evolution and how is it used to support the theory?

4. Recombinant DNA: the combination of two DNA strands that are constructed artificially. Genetic scientists can do this to create a unique DNA strand for different purposes, using several types of techniques
RECOMBINATION
The process by which genetic material from different individuals becomes combined; example the glowing cat

5. Reasons why DNA may be re-combined…
Medical Research
Genetically Modified Food
Genetically Modified Organisms
Cloning
Utilize the science of genetics to do our bidding.

9. Scenarios

10. You will work with your table partner to identify what mechanism the following scenarios describe. You will be using the white boards at your table.

11. 1. The DNA sequence in a bird is changed from ATT CCG TTG to TTA CCG TTG which changes the beak shape from long and thin to short and fat.

12. 2. Northern elephant seals were hunted almost to extinction by people in the 1890s. The remaining population has reduced genetic variation.

13. 3. A lioness joins a new pride and has cubs with the male lion.

14. 4. A small group of birds flies from the mainland to an island and starts a new colony. (The birds never return to the mainland.)

15. 6. Amish people are required by their religion to only marry and have children with other Amish people.

16. 7. Peppered moths are eaten by birds
7. Peppered moths are eaten by birds. The moth color varies from light to dark. Light colored moths can blend in with a nearby species of tree. In the 1800s factories released large amounts of soot, which changed the tree color, so the birds were able to more easily find the lighter moths instead of the darker moths.

17. 8. In 2012, the Yalta Zoo in the Ukraine took ownership of 5 white lion cubs. White lions are caused by a reduced pigmentation (skin color). A very rare occurrence.

18. 9. American bison were once very prevalent in North America, but were hunted close to extinction in the late 1800's. Though the population is recovering, the rapid decrease in population size has led to a population with very little genetic variability

19. Biologists use evidence from three major areas to support the theory of evolution.
We will be discussing three of these today, fossil record and biogeography.

20. Evidence of Evolution Fossil Record Developmental Molecular Anatomical
Homologies
Biogeography

21. Biogeography Study of the geographical distribution of plants and animals *Related Species tend to be geographically close to one another (Ex. Galapagos) *Plate tectonics/continental drift

24. Activity break – Let’s look at maps!

25. Evidence of Evolution Fossil Record Developmental Molecular Anatomical
Homologies
Biogeography

26. Fossil Record Fossil: The evidence in rock of the presence of a plant or an animal from an earlier geological period *further down = older (usually) *carbon-14 dating can help determine age *transitional fossils can show evolutionary changes *incomplete

27. The picture to the right shows a series of major Biological Events that have taken place over the last 488 Million Years!
Biologists were able to piece these events together based on evidence collected from fossils.
Take notice of the extinctions. What happened immediately after each one?

28. Types of Fossils

29. How Fossils form

31. Activity break – DEMO and Handout

32. Evidence of Evolution Fossil Record Developmental Molecular Anatomical
Homologies
Biogeography

33. The word Homologies refers to similarities among organisms (remember…homo = same) There are three types of homologies that provide strong evidence for evolution and common ancestry

34. Evidence of Evolution Fossil Record Developmental Molecular Anatomical
Homologies
Biogeography

35. Molecular Homologies Similarities in DNA sequences among different organisms Because organisms evolved from a common ancestor, we find similarities in the DNA sequence of all living organisms. The more of a DNA match we see, the closer of a relationship the organisms have.

39. Activity break – DNA Chart

40. Evidence of Evolution Fossil Record Developmental Molecular Anatomical
Homologies
Biogeography

41. Examine these pictures closely. What do you notice?

42. Developmental Homologies Different organisms develop from similar starting forms (embryos)

43. Evidence of Evolution Fossil Record Developmental Molecular Anatomical
Homologies
Biogeography

44. Anatomical Homologies Bones and muscles of different species that have similar structures but perform different functions

47. Activity break – Color Break!