Selection, MONSTERS, and Humans! OH MY!

Hey All-Stars!
Here is the time line for Thursday and Friday:

Thursday:
1) Turn in Project Parts A-D and works cited
2) Warm up
3) Do the textbook activities below IN YOUR NOTEBOOK!
4) Start working on the Monster Mash: A Dichotomous Key Activity

Friday:
1) Turn in Project Reflection
2) Warm up
3) Finish Monster Mash activity
4) Crash course in human evolution!

Textbook Activities

Use a textbook to complete the following sentences and tasks. WRITE THE ENTIRE SENTENCES!

1) ____________ ________________ explains how living things evolve. (pg B21)
2) Darwin breeding pigeons and selecting for particular traits is an example of ______________ selection. (pg B21)
3) List and describe the 4 key principles of natural selection that Darwin noticed. Give an example (pg B21-23)
4) Define "ancestor" (pg B29) and "vestigial organs" (pg B30) in the back of your notebook.
5) Describe how the presence of vestigial organs and similar structures but different functions support evolution.
6) First studied in the 1700s, _______________ of many different species are similar even though the adults are not. List 3 similarities between the early embryos of the organisms on pg B32.
7) Define "gene" (pg B33) in the back of your notebook.
8) Human and mice have _________ (similar or different, choose one) DNA. (pg B34)
9) Define "classification" and "taxonomy" in the back of your notebook. (pg B44)
10) Scientists classify animals based on ________________ and _______________ evidence. (pg B48)
11) Classification systems ________________ as scientists learn more - an example of this is the change from focusing on kingdoms to looking at domains (Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya). (pg B60)

RETURN THE TEXTBOOK TO THE BOOKSHELVES!

Monster Mash

Part 1:
1) Name all the monsters people at your table created.
2) Figure out how to sort them - look at body shape, eyes, wings, etc.
3) Write clues to sort and name the monsters. From each set of two clues in the dichotomous key to the next, one monster species should be named. The other clue should move onto another set that classifies the remaining monsters.

Part 2:
1) Switch dichotomous keys and monsters with another table.
2) Use the key to name the monsters you are given.
3) Check your answers.

The Evolutionary History of a Human

Visit this link. Use questions 1, 2, and 4 to help you WRITE THE COMPLETED SENTENCES in your notebook!

1) Humans ________ __________ evolve from monkeys.
2) Humans are more closely related to...
3) Hominid species started developing from an ancestor humans share with __________ about ____ to ____ million years ago.
4) All/Not all (choose one) hominid species are direct ancestors of humans.
5) The scientific name for humans is __________ _______________.
6) Humans vs Neanderthals...The Two Hypotheses
   a) All Europeans are part __________ and part ______________. OR
   b) The humans out competed the ______________ so Europeans are all human.
7) Human evolution started in _________________ and since then humans have migrated all over.

Watch this video:

*Disclaimer: I chose this video because I think Richard Dawkins does a great job explaining the evolutionary tree of humans and showing relationships and classifications of living organisms. I don't really care at all about Celebrity Big Brother UK 2010...*

***Your test is on Feb 20. Please don't leave studying until the last minute. Study guides were distributed on Wednesday. USE THEM! Have a WONDERFUL long weekend! Travel safely!***

Random monster video, just for fun...

Happy Weekend!

Ms. Nickel