Origins-week+1

Weekly lesson plan

Wednesday Oct.5 Notes


 * Theories** - coherent groups of general ideas used as principles of explanation for something – explaining origins, basic principles, foundation of something.
 * Evidence** – something that proves or disproves something.
 * Hypothesis** – a proposition, an idea that has to be tested.
 * Scientific Method –** method of investigation: look at data or observations, develop a question, develop hypothesis, develop research that can test the hypothesis.

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Fri.Oct.7th Theory of Evolution – Apply the scientific method – all living things got here somehow… trace back a few generations, how did they come to be the way they are?
 * All things living evolve** – changing through the propagation of the next generation
 * All things are in constant motion, constantly changing and interacting with the world around it.**

Mutation – changes in DNA over time (random) Genetic Drift – traits randomly are increased or decrease more notes
 * Natural Selection, (not random, based on environment)**