APES Unit 4
Evolution and Biodiversity

2nd Review Test 12/15

 

Date

Do in Class

Homework

T 10/21

· “Cane Toads,” (1987 – 47 m)

· Read California Invasive Pike

·  Watch GMO (session 13) and take notes – Hardcopy due 10/27

·   ID = mewoldsen@lcusd.net

·   Password: Spartans

W/Th

·  Water Quality Testing

Prepare for Review Test

F 10/24

· Evolution and Organism Interaction Discussion

· Organism Interaction  – Reflector and Server due 11/3

· Study Guide – Reflector and Server due 11/3

· Island Biodiversity Hardcopy due 10/31

Read Chapter 4 and 7

Time line and take notes – Hardcopy due 10/27

M 10/27

1st Review Test

Read

·   Classification S34-5

·   Wolf and Moose Interactions S46

Genetic Variations S47

T /Th

· Library Diversity – Hardcopy due 11/4

 

· Natural Selection Simulation – Hardcopy due 11/4

·   Bird Data

· PowerPoints

·  Introduction to Diversity

·  Evolution Part a

·  Evolution Part b

· Games

·  Rabbits and Wolves

·  Biodiversity Quiz

F 10/31

· Natural Selection Math Simulation – Hardcopy due 11/4

Read

·       Evolution – College Board

·       Speciation

Watch Hippocampus/AP Biology

·       All Evolution

·       Videos below

M 11/3

·  Discussion of Math, SG, UN, Speciation, Evolution – College Board

Read

·   Biodiversity and its Value 

·   Was Darwin Wrong?” National Geographic 

· “Biodiversity,” Environmental Literacy

T 11/4

· Unit 4 Game

·  

W/Th

· Lorax by Dr. Seuss (1996 – 30m)

o   Lorax Video / Truax Book– Server

·  My Footprint – email me

1.    Category acres

2.    Number of Earths to sustain you

·  Report on Alien, Keystone, Indicator Extinct, Endangered, and Threatened Species  –

·  List of Endangered and Threatened

·  Hardcopy 11/26

·   Resource

· Review Study Guide Questions

· Review reading

· Review Videos

· Review Labs

F 11/7

Unit 4 MC and FRQ

· Read Chapter 10

 

Need to Know

Turn in

Online Video

·   Unit 4 Glossary

o  Chapter 4

o  Chapter 7

 

Formative

·   Test 11/7

·   Second Review Test 12/15

 

Homework

·  Watch GMO and take notes – Hardcopy 10/27

·  Time line and take notes – Hardcopy due 10/27

·  Unit 4 Study Guide – Reflector / Server 11/3

·  Organism Interaction  – Reflector / Server 11/3

 

·  Classwork

·  Island Biodiversity Hardcopy due 10/31

·  Library Diversity – Hardcopy due 11/4

·  Natural Selection for the Birds – Hardcopy due 11/4

·  Natural Selection Math Simulation – Hardcopy due 11/4
Biodiversity

§   Rainforest Biodiversity (TD – 2 m) 

§   Single Celled Organisms (TD – 4 m) 

§   Symbiotic Ants (TD – 5 m) 

§   Genetic Variation (TD – 6.5 m) 

§   Camouflage (TD – 1 m) 

§   Predator Prey (TD – 5.5 m) 

§   Nonnative Species (TD – 3.3 m) 

§   Krill – Keystone Species (NOAA – 1 m)  

§   Succession Life before O2 (TD – 2 m)  

§   Alien Invasion - PBS (PBS – 30 m) 

Evolution

§   Evolution through Time (Annenberg #11)  

§   Who was Charles Darwin? (TD) 

§   How does evolution work? (TD – 7 m) 

§   Evidence for Evolution (TD – 7 m) 

§   Hardy Weinberg Equation  (TD – 14 m) 

§   Homeobox Genes (TD – 5 m) 

§   Transition to Walking (TD – 1 m) 

§   Speciation (TD – 4 m) 

§   Sickle Cell (TD – 5 m) 

§   Adaptive Radiation (jpeg) 

§   Convergence  (pdf) 

§   Origins of Mankind (TD – Flash) 

§   Origin of Species  (TD – Flash) 

i.     Geological Time (TD–Flash)

 

 

AP Requirements for Laboratory Investigation:

1.      How does this lab relate to the environment?

2.      Develop and conduct well-designed experiments.

3.      Utilize appropriate techniques and instrumentation.

4.      Analyze and interpret data, including appropriate statistical and graphical presentations.

5.      Think analytically and apply concepts to the solution of environmental problems.

6.      Make conclusions and evaluate their quality and validity.

7.      Propose further questions for study.

8.      Communicate accurately and meaningfully about observations and conclusions.

9.