BIO+2-4_February+23-27


 * **Monday Feb 23rd** |||| __Origin of Life__

1. Guided note outline on spontaneous generation and biogenesis - complete in partners - Redi's experiment to disprove spontaneous generation of large organisms - Pasteur's experiment to disprove spontaneous generation of microorganisms - Go over as a class and make sure students understand experiments and have correct information in outline

2. Evolution of cells - Break into five groups and each group becomes an expert on one section - Write bulleted information on overhead and present topic to rest of class - Everyone writes down other group's information

3. HW - create a study guide for chapter 14 ||
 * **Wednesday Feb 25th** || __Mechanisms of Evolution__

1. Notes: How Does Evolution Work? - gene pools and allelic frequencies - what causes changes in genetic equilibrium (mutation, genetic drift, gene flow, natural selection) - different ways variants are selected for (explain with graphs and examples)

__Virtual Ant Lab__

1. Start computer lab - Lab shows how allelic frequencies change in a population of ants over time depending on the environment they live in ||
 * **Friday Feb 27th** || __Mechanisms of Evolution__

1. Notes: Evolution of species (speciation) - how does speciation happen? - rates of speciation - patterns of evolution (adaptive radiation, divergent evolution, convergent evolution)

__Virtual Ant Lab__

1. Finish ant lab in computer lab

2. Plot data in Excel

3. Write up lab report - email to me for grade ||