Diversity Domination (1 quarter)

$175.00

Instructor: Christine Hahn
UC a-g credit: Not Eligible
NCAA: Not Eligible
SKU: N/A Categories: ,

Description

***This course is not available for the Track C July/August learning period.***

In this course, you will explore the principles of evolutionary biology and ecology. Topics include evolutionary relationships, natural selection, biodiversity & health, and interactions in ecosystems.

Activities include hominid skull comparisons, comparing embryos and homologous structures of different animals, designing an experiment to test the effects of soil contamination on plants, creating a food web, and growing bacteria from your own body!

This is a great course to help learners transition to High School Biology.

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Covered:
MS-LS4-1. Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
MS-LS4-2. Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
MS-LS4-3. Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
MS-LS4-4. Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
MS-LS4-6. Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
MS-LS2-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-2. Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
MS-LS2-3. Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-4. Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
MS-LS2-5. Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.

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