Mechanisms of Evolution and Diversity (HS)
The lesson will introduce ways in which evolution can occur: Drift and Natural Selection. The lesson will also build on these ideas by linking to real life scenarios and observation of diversity.
objectives
Students will be able to:
1.Recognize examples of evolution via random genetic drift and natural selection
2.Explain how drift differs from natural selection
3.Use drift to explain why it is incorrect to state that evolution leads to perfection
4.Use understanding of natural selection to postulate hypotheses regarding diversity in traits
5.explain how population size influences the relative ability of drift to affect allele frequencies
6.graph data and formulate hypotheses to explain observations
Topic(s)
Evolution
type
High school activity from Sunday Academy
9-12
Grade(s):
time needed
6 hours
author
Sunday Academy
national next gen standards
north dakota standards