• Essential Questions

    To better understand Evolution by Natural Selection

  • What is evolution?

  • What is the evidence for evolution by natural selection?

  • How do populations of organisms adapt to their environment?

Priority Standards & Supporting Standards

LS4-1: Fossil Evidence for Evolution

LS4-2: Anatomical Evidence for Evolution

LS4-3: Embryo Evidence for Evolution

LS4-4: Natural Selection Mechanism

LS4-6: Traits Change Over Time

Priority SEPs and Supporting SEPs

  • Analyzing and Interpreting Data (INV)

  • Analyzing and Interpreting Data (INV)

  • Construct an evidence-based explanation (EVI)

  • Construct an evidence-based explanation (EVI)

  • Use mathematical models to support an explanation (MOD)

Priority CCCs and Supporting CCCs

  • Patterns

  • Patterns

  • Patterns

  • Cause and effect

  • Cause and effect

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