Unit 4: Evolution and Biodiversity
Date	In-Class	HW	Reading Concepts	Online Video	Online Text
Friday Oct. 2	Test on Unit 3	Know Unit 4 Glossary Chapter 4 Read pp. S34-5 and 82-94		Evolution Khan academy - Ingredients for Life: Carbon We are connected Neil deGrasse Tyson	Evolution 101 Biodiversity
Monday Oct. 5	Work on lab Evolution ppt and videos	Finish Eco Column Lab Place in APES folder on Google Drive	Evolution Overview	Origin of Eukaryotes The Big Picture AND Evolution in Action	Early Life: Single-Celled Organisms The Cambrian Explosion and... The Age of Mammals
Tuesday Oct. 6	ECO Column Lab Report Due Keystone species Threatened invasive  Power point on evolution	Niche video (see email)	Invasive, Keystone, Indicator, Extinct, Endangered, and Threatened Species
10/7-8	Biodiversity lab in parking lot and Species Report in IRC Period 3 IRC Period 5 Period 6 IRC for Finch Gimzo Lab	Finish 2 Labs: Finch and “Bio” diversity (cars) Read pp. 143-150  S 47	Biogenesis, Evolution, NS, Adaptation, Geologic Processes, Niches, Speciation, Extinction, Biodiversity	Darwin in History – All Speciation – All Biogeography	- List of Endangered and Threatened – 10/25Ecological Niches Evolution and Natural Selection in Ecosystems
Fri. 10/9	Current Events Succession Secondary succession	Choose species to research 94-98	Genetic Engineering	Biotech: All	Biodiversity – Introduction What is Biodiversity? Global Species Diversity
Monday 10/12	Film on Biodiversity C.E. Discuss Genetic Engineering Evolution animation	S 47 Chapter 7 pp. 150-160 Competition Succession take quiz	Community, Diversity, Species Types	“Community Ecology” summaries Community Ecology – All Conservation Biology: Overview	NYTimes: Beaver is Keystone Regulation of Ecosystem Functions Natural Ecosystem Change Evolution”
Tuesday 10/13	Biodiversity ppt	UN questions chapter 4 and 7 Review 4, 7 Study	Species Interactions, Competition, Predation, Parasitism, Mutualism, Commensalism, Succession, Stability	Energy Flow and the Water Cycle: Summary – All Succession - Winogradsky	Invasive species Keystone Species Energy Flow Through Ecosystems Population Dynamics
Wed 10/14-15	Cane Toad Film	Absent students take notes on the following invasives The Rat Film Asian Carp – CBS Invasive Species – Zebra Mussel Read Cane Toad and highlight	Review 4, 7	Predator-Prey Interaction	Regulation of Ecosystem Functions Natural Ecosystem Change
Fri 10/16	Work on species report	Study Absent students take notes on the following invasives The Rat Film Asian Carp – CBS Invasive Species – Zebra Mussel Read Cane Toad and highlight
Monday 10/19	Quarter One Benchmark	Study
Tues. 10/20	Review unit
Wed/Thurs 10/21-22	Unit 4 test	Finish species Reports and UN questions chapter 4 and 7