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DNA and Evolution

We have been looking at the evolution of our common ancestor - the first eukaryotic cell. Earlier this week we did an online activity to review the organelles of a cell. That activity can be found at Mrs. Sliwinski's site in the biology folder - Virtual Cell Tour. Today we are going to look at the role DNA plays in evolution. There are two web based activities that you are going to do to introduce you to this idea. The directions for the activity can by found by CLICKING HERE.

Common Ancestors December 9, 2008

We have spent the last week of class assembling a cladogram of caminacules so that we could begin to understand the process of evolution by looking at lineage and common ancestry. Today we are going to begin to look at our common ancestors and our evolutionary cladogram by starting at the beginning with the evolution of eukaryotic cells.

We will be doing THIS ACTIVITY in the computer lab today.

Highlights of Evolution

Here are the notes from class on the basic concepts that make up the bigger theory of Evolution.

Introduction to Evolution Nov. 21, 2008

Today in the computer lab we will be working on the basic processes that lead to evolution. The assignment is at THIS LINK.



Articles to use for research journals that relate to this topic
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120130531.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119122634.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119140712.htm

Cladograms Week of November 17

We have spent the last week working on creating Cladograms. Cladograms are a way to classify living things by using genetic traits, common traits and common ancestors. Students in class had the opportunity to create cladograms to help classify pieces of hardware, animals by amino acid sequences for amylase and nodnols.

To find out more about cladograms, we used THIS SITE.

Fossil Record Assessment

Take the following quiz. Mrs Shryock will assign you a number code to enter as your name. When you are done, you can start on this assignment . Now you are going to do an activity to help you better understand the ides of THE TREE OF LIFE. To start the activity CLICK HERE. There a 5 folders to work through - we will have more than one day to do this activity. Set up your notes so that you have a section for each of the folders. You should have definitions for all the purple words AND facts about each topic.

Lab Assessment for unit 3 Fossil Record » Quiz Question Maker