The Fossil Record- Evolution Part 2

How Evolution Works – Evolution Part 2

Ms. Carter

Evidence for Evolution

http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.div.lp_evid/

Video: Becoming a Fossil

Read the Background Essay

1. DESCRIBE how fossil are formed and give examples

Watch the video

1. What happened to Lucy? What’s her story?

Video: Laetoli Footprints

Read the Background Essay

1. Explain how the Laetoli Footprints were formed and preserved

Watch the video

2. Why are the Laetoli Footprint so important for evolutionary biologists and how old are they?

Video: Evolving Ideas – How do we know Evolution happens?

Read the Background Essay

1. Write an essay explaining the fossil evidence that supports that evolutionary idea that “whales have descended from land mammals.”

Watch the video:

1. How do fossils support evolution?

http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.evo.lp_howevowork/

1. Explain how evolution works.
2. New species arise through natural selection. LIST and EXPLAIN the four processes of natural selection.
3. How are “competition” and “natural selection” related?