Today students are learning about extinction and the role it plays in the Theory of Natural Selection. Part of the theory states that there are more organisms in an environment than can survive and only those with the most well-suited traits survive, while other organisms die and become extinct. In this way, unhelpful traits disappear from the Tree of Life while helpful traits remain and evolve.
Here are resources from class:
Use the links below to complete the information on the notes sheet provided in class:
- Link #1: National Geographic
- Link #2: Science News for Students
- Link #3: Darwin Game – Who Wants to Live a Millions Years?
Students who have extra time should check out these links:
- VIDEO: How Dinosaurs Went Extinct
- VIDEO: NOVA – Mass Extinction with Neil deGrasse Tyson
- The Evolution of the Human Eye
- How did Feathers Evolve?
- How did teeth evolve?
- How We Think Complex Cells Evolved
- What Causes Antibiotic Resistance?
- Why are some people left handed?
- The science of skin color
- How Life Came to Land
- Why are Fish Fish-Shaped?
- The Surprising Reasons Animals Play Dead
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ASSIGNMENTS:
- Bird Beak Station Lab Analysis due Tuesday (today)
- Mass Extinction Notes due by the end of the week
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