Driving Question: Are humans creating superbugs?

Project: 
Supplemental Questions:
1. Why do individuals of the same species vary in how they look, function, and behave?
2. How does genetic variation among organisms affect survival and reproduction?
3. How does the environment influence populations of organisms over multiple generations?

Standards:

Evidence Outcomes:
5.  Students can use the full range of science and engineering practices to make sense of natural phenomena and solve problems that require understanding how natural selection drives biological evolution accounting for the unity and diversity of organisms.

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GLE 10: Evidence of common ancestry and diversity between species can be determined by examining variations including genetic, anatomical, and physiological differences.

GLE 11: Genetic variation among organisms affects survival and reproduction.

GLE 12:  The environment influences survival and reproduction of organisms over multiple generations.
Students will be able to:
  • Communicate scientific information that common ancestry and biological evolution are supported by multiple lines of evidence.
  • ​Construct an explanation based on evidence that the process of evolution primarily results from four factors: (1) potential for species to increase in numbers, (2) the heritable genetic variation of individuals in a species due to mutation and sexual reproduction,     (3) competition for limited resources, and (4) the proliferation of those organisms that are better able to survive and reproduce.
  • Apply concepts of statistics and probability to support explanations that organisms with an advantageous heritable trait tend to increase in proportion to organisms lacking the trait.
  • Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations.
  • Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species.

Content:

Engage (Discuss)
​1. Natural Selection Snack Bowl
2. "Life" Video clips and discussion
​Explore: (research)
1. Who was Charles Darwin and what did he do?
2. Differ between artificial and natural selection.
3. Describe the relationship between natural selection and adaptation.
4. Communicate evidence of evolution.
4. What causes variation in a population?
5. Use the videos below for further exploration.
Explain: (assignments)
​1. Peppered Moth Simulation (to be completed on google classroom)
2. Rock Pocket Mouse video (See Lemon for worksheet)
3. Ice Fish video
4. Sickle cell video
4. Evolution concept map
5. Amino acid sequence lab
6. Antibiotic resistance article reading
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Elaborate:(enrichment)
1. Why do individuals of the same species vary in how they look, function, and behave?
2. How does genetic variation among organisms affect survival and reproduction?
3. How does the environment influence populations of organisms over multiple generations?
Evaluate:
​1. Self reflection
2.  Test

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