Unit 7: Natural Selection
Unit 7: Natural SelectionYou’ll learn about Darwin’s theory, the concept of natural selection, and evolution.
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Unit 7: Natural SelectionYou’ll learn about Darwin’s theory, the concept of natural selection, and evolution.
Topics may include:
- Evidential support for evolution and common ancestry
- The mechanisms of natural selection and speciation
- Environmental and human-caused factors in evolution
- Charting species ancestry through phylogenetic trees and cladograms
- Extinction
- Models of the origin of life on Earth
Student Learning Plan
Labs:
- Artificial Selection Lab (FAST Plants)
- Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium in Excel
- BLAST Comparison
- Tasters and Non Tasters
- Cladogram Construction
- Hardy Weinberg Calculations
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