Revised 7.1.

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Name: Fernando Vargas

SINGLE SUBJECT CREDENTIAL

PROGRAM
WEEKLY SCHEDULE FORMAT
Unit Title: Evolution Unit (Week 1)

For planning purposes, assume your unit will begin on a Monday. Summarize each element as succinctly as possible but provide salient details. Table will
expand as you type. Use additional pages as necessary to plan for multi-week units. Your unit plan should include a variety of instructional, engagement, and
assessment strategies. Add links to resources as appropriate.

Monday
Lesson
Title or
Topic

Evolution+ Charles Darwin

CA
Content
Standard
w/
Number

HS-LS4-1.
Communicate
scientific information that
common ancestry and
biological evolution are
supported by multiple
lines of empirical evidence

Measura
ble
Objective

Students will complete a

worksheet that follows
lecture

Lesson
Introduct
ion

Charles Darwin
contribution to the
evolution theory

Tuesday
Evolution + Computer
Simulation
HS-LS4-2.
Construct
an explanation based on
evidence that the process
of evolution primarily
results from four factors:
(1) the potential for a
species to increase in
number, (2) the heritable
genetic variation of
individuals in a species
due to mutation and
sexual reproduction, (3)
competition for limited
resources, and (4) the
proliferation of those
organisms that are better
able to survive and
reproduce in the
environment.
Students will complete a
worksheet that will
correlate with their
activity
How the 5 different
evolutionary mechanism
affect populations

Wednesday
Introduction to Natural
Selection

Thursday

Friday

Hardy Weinburg
Equilibrium (HWE)

Natural Selection Lab

HS-LS4-1.Communicate
scientific information that
common ancestry and
biological evolution are
supported by multiple
lines of empirical evidence

HS-LS4-1.Communicate
scientific information that
common ancestry and
biological evolution are
supported by multiple
lines of empirical evidence

HS-LS4-3.
Apply
concepts of statistics and
probability to support
explanations that
organisms with an
advantageous heritable
trait tend to increase in
proportion to organisms
lacking this trait.

Students will describe fiveten vocabulary words

using frayer diagrams +
Drawing

Students will determine if

a population is evolving

Still will utilize the HWE

and simulate natural
selection in the classroom

Purpose of natural
selection

Purpose of HWE

Brief 5 minute overview of

evolution

Revised 7.1.13

Name: Fernando Vargas

SINGLE SUBJECT CREDENTIAL

PROGRAM
WEEKLY SCHEDULE FORMAT
Unit Title: Evolution Unit (Week 1)

For planning purposes, assume your unit will begin on a Monday. Summarize each element as succinctly as possible but provide salient details. Table will
expand as you type. Use additional pages as necessary to plan for multi-week units. Your unit plan should include a variety of instructional, engagement, and
assessment strategies. Add links to resources as appropriate.

Monday
Lesson
Body
(Direct
Instructi
on)

Tuesday

I will talk about the basics

of evolution and watch a
video on Charles Darwin

I will introduce allele

frequencies and the 5
mechanisms of evolution

Lesson
Body
(Student
Activity)

Students fill out a

worksheet as I go through
the lecture

Students will use a

computer simulator to
investigate how allele
frequencies change over
time

Lesson
Closure

Quick review plus prepare

students for what will
learning the following day

Wednesday
Lecture on natural
selection, introducing
darwinian finches

Thursday

Friday

Run through HWE

equation

Describe the steps of the

lab

Have students fill out the

vocabulary words and
draw out examples

Have students do a
worksheet

Students will simulate

natural selection by
picking out different
colored corn kernals in the
dark. They will determine
if their population is
evolving.

Last 10 minutes we will

discuss what everyone
observed

Go over the vocab words

and student drawnings

Summarize what the

students learned

Have students answer

questions

Working in pairs, students

will understand how to
calculate the HWE and
how it relates to natural
selection and evolution

Students will work

together, grouped
randomly, to pick out corn
kernels and using the HWE
equation, determine the
starting population of the
following generation.

Adaptati
on/
Engagem
ent
Strategie
s

I will have a video on

Charles Darwin and have
students think-pair-share
their idea

Students will work in pairs,

using technology and
simulating evolution

Students will work in pairs

to complete the
assignment. I will also
walk around talking to
students about their
understanding of the
vocab words

Assessm
ent

I will ask the students

questions and have them
fill out additional problems

Students will turn in their

worksheet

Collect drawings

Collect worksheet

Collect assignment

Resource
s

Video and worksheet for

students to follow

Worksheet, computers,
lecture and simulator

Paper for vocab words and

colored pencils

HWE worksheet

Colored corn, fabric,

sunglasses, and worksheet