Friday, December 5, 2008

Biology Schedule for Dec 8th - 12th


Monday: Discussion on sec-11.5, Speciation through isolation. We’ll learn about reproductive isolation, behavioral isolation, geographic isolation, and temporal isolation. Next students will work on the study guide.

Tuesday: Discussion on sec-11.6, Patterns in Evolution. We’ll learn about convergent evolution, divergent evolution, coevolution, extinction, punctuated equilibrium, and adaptive radiation. Do the study guide.

Wednesday: Discussion on sec-12.1, The fossil record. We’ll learn how fossils can form in several ways, the process of permineralization, and radiometric dating provides an accurate estimate of fossil’s age. Next students will watch a video on fossils.

Thursday: Discussion on sec-12.2, The geologic time scale. We’ll discuss about index fossils, geologic time scale, eras, periods, and epochs. Next we’ll move on to sec-12.3, Origin of life.

Friday: Students will play the interactive vocabulary games on the classzone.com to check their comprehension in vocab.

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