Benchmark: SC.912.L.15.13 Describe the conditions required for natural selection, including: overproduction of offspring, inherited variation, and the struggle to survive, which results in differential reproductive success.
Objectives:Students will understand natural selection in terms of required conditions and results.
DEQ:What mechanisms have allowed for diversity in organisms?
Agenda:
ENGAGE: "What is Natural Selection?"
EXPLORE: Mechanisms of Natural Selection
EXPLAIN: Cornell Notes +
EXTEND: Question Set 13A/B
EVALUATE: 5QAs
Vocabulary: gene pool, allele frequency, microevolution, directional selection, disruptive selection, stabilizing selection, gene flow, genetic drift, bottleneck effect, founder effect, sexual selection, behavioral isolation, geographic isolation, temporal isolation, reproductive isolation, speciation
