April 9 (A Day) and April 10 (B Day)

OBJECTIVE: Students will identify the factors involved in the development of a new species in order to its’ effect on evolution

WARM-UP: Study figure 16-13 on p.406. Formulate a hypothesis that suggests how one of these beaks could have resulted from natural selection.

VOCABULARY:
1) survival of the fittest
2) natural selection
3) descent with modification
4) common descent
5) homologous structures
6) vestigial organ

CLASSWORK:
1) Warm-Up/Vocabulary
2) Complete “Comparing Adaptations of Birds” Lab p.131-136
3) Closure

TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK:
Read and outline 15-3

HOMEWORK DUE:
Outline 15-2

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None