Quarter 4 Biology

Evolution:  March 24-

Introduction:  Who was Darwin video PBS

Darwin Webpage: http://www.aboutdarwin.com/voyage/voyage03.html

Cichlid fish in Africa http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/september/fish-genome-fernald-092214.html

Kettlewell experiment video:

Lecture type video on Natural Selection/descent with modification/evidence 9min Clearly Stated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SCjhI86grU

How do we know evolution occurs(video)?     Evidence (whales-fossils)  31:31-41 begins talking about DNA evidence Arizona desert mouse.  Embryos 44:15

Crash Course:  Evidence of Evolution

How does evolution really work?  Natural Selection   Genetic Variation, Over-reproduction, struggle of existence, differential survival and reproduction

Survival of the Sneakiest (crickets)

Nova:  Evolution of Salamanders http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/evolution-action-salamanders.html

Behavioral isolation Birds (6min)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVQI444mCAQ 

Classification (Taxonomy)

Crash Course (Taxonomy) link

 

Behavior May 10-

Crash Course Behavior (ties right in with the evolutionary purpose for behaviors)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyyDq19Mi3A

Incredible TED Talk about Pollinators https://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination

TED Talk: Make Meadows not lawns https://www.ted.com/talks/dennis_vanengelsdorp_a_plea_for_bees#t-478866

Article about a mom with three children, two who have microcephaly.