Great Transformations

Watch the video, Great Transformations, and answer the following questions:

1. What are the scientists studying in this video?  What types of evidence are they looking at? (List as many as you can.  This question is ongoing throughout the video.)

2. What evidence supports the evolutionary history of whales? (List as many as you can.  This question is ongoing throughout the video.)

3. What is a transitional form?  What is an example of transitional form?

4. Why are scientists studying spines?

5. Why are scientists interested in different ways animals travel?

6. What evidence can you discuss that shows connections of all living things?  Give specific examples.

7. Give examples of signposts or key species in the “tree of life”.

8. What allowed major events in life history?

Lamarke vs. Darwin Two Theories of Change

I think you will find the following links useful in answering the writing prompts.  The assignment is due Tues 9/1

Evolution writing prompt!

Respond to the following writing prompts.   Be sure to include supporting details.  Be specific.  You need to write between a half a page and a page to answer this.  You may use the textbook CH 4 and/or the internet as a resource. 

1. Who would have agreed with the following statement? “Elephants stretched their noses and passed on the long nose trait until their descendants had a long nose called a trunk."
2. Who would have agreed with the following statement?  “Elephants with longer noses were able to survive and have more offspringthan elephants with shorter noses.” 
3. Who would have agreed with the following statement?  “Elephants’ noses have changed over time.”
4. Compare and Contrast Lamarke’s Theory and Darwin’s Theory

Links:

Lamarke

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/history_09

http://necsi.edu/projects/evolution/lamarck/lamarck/lamarck_lamarck.html

Darwin

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/course/session2/explain_c_pop2.html

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/history_14

Whale Kiosk Investigation

Whale Kiosk

Click on the link to the Whale Kiosk and investigate how whales evolved.  Make sure you complete the packet!  

Cells Alive! Interactive Website!

Check out the parts of a cell and how cells work on cells alive!

Lab Safety - Be smart, Be safe

Be smart, be safe.  Always follow lab directions and think before you act.  Enjoy the video!