EH: 2.5 (4/26)

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7 questions

Objective: SWBAT create a model that represents how organisms with common ancestors can have similar and different body structures

Do Now:

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Put the following sequence of events in the correct order by placing a “1” indicating the first event, and a “4” indicating the last event:

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How did wolves, whales, and the Mystery Fossil become so different from their common ancestor population?

Guided Notes:

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Launch Evolutionary History Modeling Tool activity: Population Changes.
In the Modeling Tool, a population is divided into two populations in different environments. In each environment, different structures are useful for survival.
Goal: Show how the body structures of the populations in each environment might change over time.
Do:
  • Read the information at the top of the screen.
  • Move organisms from the toolbar to the open locations in both branches of the tree.
  • Press INDICATE ORGANISM TYPE and select an option for each organism.
Tip:
  • You do not have to use all the organisms in the toolbar.

Practice:

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How does this model show how species that share a common ancestor can become very different from one another?
CFS:
  • student describes the relationship between anatomical similarities and differences in animal species
  • student describes the chronological difference between animal species with a common ancestor based on body structures

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What remains stable over time in your model? What changes?
CFS:
  • student describes the relationship between anatomical similarities and differences in animal species
  • student describes the chronological difference between animal species with a common ancestor based on body structures

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Why do you think the body structures of each population at time 2 are different?
CFS:
  • student describes the relationship between anatomical similarities and differences in animal species
  • student describes the environmental difference between animal species with a common ancestor based on body structures

Exit Ticket:

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Why do you think the body structures of each population at time 2 are different?
CFS:
  • student describes the relationship between anatomical similarities and differences in animal species
  • student describes the environmental difference between animal species with a common ancestor based on body structures