Lesson 05.01 Evolution
Identify early ideas about evolution
Discuss theories that influenced scientific debate over evolution
Recognize the major sources of evidence for evolution
Recognize the pattern of features that reveal the history of a species
Lesson 05.02 Evolutionary Relationships
Compare artificial selection to natural selection
Discuss the factors Darwin considered in forming his theory of natural selection
Summarize the four principals of natural selection
Lesson 05.02A Evolutionary Relationships (Honors)
Describe different types and rates of evolution
Compare different types and rates of extinction
Explain how molecular clocks work
Describe two types of molecular clocks: mitochondrial DNA and ribosomal RNA
Recognize the role of creativity in the construction of scientific models and predictions
Lesson 05.03 Primate Evolution
Examine the evolutionary relationships between humans and other primates
Recognize the names and relative ages of extinct hominids
Summarize the events and forces that shaped human evolution
Lesson 05.04 Classification of Living Organisms
Describe classification as a work in progress
Discuss the characteristics of the three domains: Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya
Describe classification by cladistics
Summarize how molecular evidence reveals species relatedness
Identify the structures and shapes of viruses
Describe different types of viral infections
