1. Evolution Timeline
Please go to the following website and use the 'Evolution Revolution' timeline.
1. Visit the Evolution Revolution Web activity and select "Rise of Evolution."
2. Tape three sheets of white paper together, end to end, the long way, and use a ruler to draw a line across the center. Devise a scale for your timeline starting with 1600 to 2001.
3. Record the 37 events from the Rise of Evolution timeline on your timeline. Write a short summary in your own words of what happened for each event.
4. Highlight the events or individuals on the evolution section of your timeline that influenced Charles Darwin as he created his theory of natural selection. Use another color to highlight or circle the people or events that could have helped Darwin if he had known about them.
5. Discuss your selections with your classmates. Speculate about how Darwin's theory might have been different if he had known about genetics, the age of the Earth, and other related ideas.
2. Evidence for Evolution (Web quest)
Log onto the SAS Curriculm Pathways here (log-in information on the board)
once logged in:
Find the Quick Launch bar and enter 52
OR
go to Science link, then to Biology link, then Evolution link, and then select
Web Inquiry: How do you know that things evolve when you really can't watch something evolve?
You and your group members should work together to complete the chart. You may complete this assignment in Word or written on your own sheet of paper.
Jermel Abraham
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2. In some ways, changes in consumer goods might be described as evolution. For example, cars have changed a great deal since they were invented over 100 years ago. Consider, again, the Focus Question: How do you know that things evolve when you really can't watch something evolve? Write an essay in which you address this question as you describe types of evidence (choose from the types listed in Table 1), which are typically used to explain evolution of biological organisms, that can also be used to show how a product (such as cars, computers, or movies) has evolved from its early form to today's modern form.
You know that things evolve because though you can’t see them physically changing they learn to adapt to their environments. Fossil records show that during certain times animals looked a certain way pertaining to the environment they were faced with. For example: Cars were only used for short travel mainly for use to get to work then back home. So the need to go fast wasn’t needed, now that jobs are further away and trips are being taken the need to go fast is relevant. The same is used for the need for better gas mileage.