TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

Concept D: Microevolution
Identify examples of adaptations that may have resulted from
variations favored by natural selection (e.g. long-necked
giraffes, long ears on jackrabbits).
Concept E: Microevolution
Given a scenario describing an environmental change,
hypothesize why a given species was unable to survive.
Concept F: Microevolution
Explain how genetic homogeneity may cause a population to
be more susceptible to extinction (e.g. succumbing to a disease
for which there is no natural resistance).
Concept G: Microevolution
State that adapations may occur as the result of an allele
frequency increasing in a population's gene pool over a number
of generations.
Concept A: Ecological Relationships
Explain the nature of interactions between organisms in
different symbiotic relationships (mutualism: E. coli in colon)
(commensalism: Spanish moss (epiphyte) in trees)(parasitism:
mosquito on mammal).
Concept B: Ecological Relationships
Explain how cooperative (symbiotic) and competitive
(predator/prey) relationships help maintain balance within an
ecosystem.
C1
C2
C3
C6
C8
C11
T
R
W
C3
R
C3
R
C1
C2
C3
C8
E
R
W
C3
C2
C8
Students will brainstorm various
adapations of plants and animals.
(1.5, 2.1, 2.3, 4.5, 4.6, SC3)
Students will evaluate the impact of
invasive species on Missouri's habitat.
(1.6, 1.8, 2.3, 3.1, SC4, SC8)
Students will discuss the implications
of inbreeding in dogs.
(1.6, 2.3, SC3, SC8)
Students will calculate the differences
of the frequency of the sickle-cell
allele in Africa compared to the
United States.
(1.5, 1.6, 4.1, SC3)
Students will identify a set of
symbiotic relationships as mutualism,
commensalism, or parasitism.
(1.5, 1.8, 4.1, SC3)
Students will evaluate food webs and
predict what happens when organisms
are removed or introduced to the
ecosystem.
Students will evaluate how plant and
animal adaptations have best suited
them for their environment.
Students will read and summarize an
article that discusses the decrease in
songbird populations.
Students will read an article on
monoculture and compare it to
polyculture.
Students will informally use Hardy-
Weinberg Principle to indicate allele
frequency.
Students will create a cartoon that
demonstrates one of the symbiotic
relationships.
Students will discuss the
consequences of the exploding deer
population in Missouri.
(1.6, 3.5, 4.1, SC3, SC4)
245 of 367