1. To be prepared for the start of class
Get out Evolution Evidence Stations from yesterday
Open your Science Notebook to pg. 23
Title the page: Natural Selection Notes
Think of a good thing to share 

2. Darwin & Natural Selection
Unit 6: Evolution
Chapter 15

3. Theory of Evolution Evolution: The process of change over time
Specifically, a change in the frequency of a gene or allele in a population over time

4. Charles Darwin Father of Evolution
Proposed a mechanism for evolution, natural selection
Darwin went on a 5-year trip around the world on the ship, the HMS Beagle
As the ship’s naturalist, he made observations of organisms in South America and the Galapagos Islands
Wrote a book, “Origin of the Species”

6. Darwin’s Finches

7. Natural Selection
Natural Selection: Organisms that are best adapted to an environment survive and reproduce more than others

12. Peppered Moth A
Which moth will the bird catch? B

13. Descent with Modification
Descent with Modification – each living species has descended, with changes, from other species over time.
Common Descent – all living organisms are related to one another