30 APR 2024 GRADE 12 BIOLOGY. Word of the day: Natural Selection
Announcements:
- No Quiz this week. We are falling behind! Anticipate a bigger TEST instead next week.
- Marks and attendance to sponsors and funders on Friday. Get in any overdue assignments, penalty if > one week overdue
Today:
- Exponential Growth. Malthus had observed that many organisms make many offspring to ensure that a few will survive. Check out how exponential growth works. If each generation were allowed to just reproduce with out restriction it would not be long till we were knee deep in grasshoppers and and other organizms.
- Section 16.3. Darwin Presents His Case
- Assgt C-3 Darwin Presents his Case (Due in class today)
- Lesson Support Videos for 16.3 Darwin Presents his Case
- Funny Movie from ‘Friends‘! Phoebe doesn’t believe the ‘Theory
- Natural Selection Simulation. A neat way to model the ‘survival of the fittest’!
- Read Ahead, Section 16.4 Evidence of Evolution
- Lesson Support Video(s): Evidence of Evolution
- Assgt C-4 16.4 Worksheet Evidence of Evolution (due: <3 May)
Useful Resources:
- Glossary. You have a great glossary handout from Day One. Should be flipping through that regularly
- Our Unit C Evolution Webpage
- MrD Biology Evolution YouTube Playlist. Mr D pretty much does this entire unit with us too! Of course watching movies is not learning! Writing out notes, cheat sheets, assignments, study guides, discussing in class, is the most effective way to learn
- My Unit C Playlist of selected Unit C Evolution videos.
- Grade 12 Bio Study Guide for Unit C to focus thoughts