Mrs. Swett's Science Site
Evolution
Learning Activities
Section 1: Speciation
1. Darwin's Dangerous Idea Video with Question Sheet
2. Jelly Bellicus - In Class activity
3. Reproductive Isolation PowerPoint with Types of Reproductive Isolation Worksheet
4. Reproductive Isolation in Frogs Worksheet
5. Reproductive Isolation and Speciation in Lizards Video
6. What Makes a Species a Species? Video
7. Recipe for Evolution Tutorial
8. Genetic Drift PowerPoint with Notetaker
9. Genetic Drift Worms Activity
10. Predicting a New Population
11. An Origin of Species Link and Worksheet
Section 2: Evidence for Evolution
13. Patterns of Evolution with Types of Evolution Worksheet
Learning Targets:
Biodiversity and Evolution Step 7:
Understands the role of reproductive isolation in the development of new species.
Biodiversity and Evolution Step 8:
Understands the theory of biological evolution and the current evidence to support this theory (e.g., fossil records, molecular evidence, similarities among species, vestigial structures, embryological development)