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EVOLUTION: MAINTAINING DIVERSITY

Over-arching Issue: How can we promote evolution by conserving biodiversity?

There is great variety within and between the earth’s ecosystems. All of these levels of variation comprise
the earth’s biodiversity which is the product of billions of years of evolution. In this unit, students
investigate the levels of biodiversity and evolutionary processes that increase, decrease, or maintain
biodiversity. They also examine humans’ social, environmental, and economic influences on biodiversity.
Billions of years of evolution have created great variety within and between the earth’s ecosystems. In the
final task, students make recommendations for which area should be conserved on a fictitious island.
Core Science Content: Levels of biodiversity, introduction to phylogeny, evolutionary processes and
natural selection, speciation, evidence for natural selection
Key Assessment Task: “Describe three indicators you would recommend using to monitor the success of
the conservation over the next 10 years if your recommendation from Question 1 were implemented. These
indicators can be any observations that will help determine if the recommendation is successful.”
Supports elements of NGSS Performance Expectations: ETS1-1, ETS1-3, LS4-1, LS4-2, LS4-3, LS4-5, LS4-6
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