Grade 10 · Week 29 · U6
Essential question: How can differential survival and reproduction change populations?
Open monday Deep Lesson · Model, Worked Example & Practice
Trait distributions change after an environmental shift.
Build an initial model and explanation for: How can differential survival and reproduction change populations?
Record observations, questions, an initial model, and one claim that could be tested. Use these concepts where relevant: variation; heritability; fitness; selection pressure; adaptation.
Open tuesday Deep Lesson · Model, Worked Example & Practice
Study and explain the week's core ideas: variation; heritability; fitness; selection pressure; adaptation
NGSS natural-selection evidence statements.
Revise Monday's model. Add two evidence-backed annotations and explain one limitation or uncertainty.
Open wednesday Deep Lesson · Model, Worked Example & Practice
Compare trait-frequency distributions across generations.
Show units, setup, calculation or graph reasoning, then write what the quantitative evidence can and cannot establish about: How can differential survival and reproduction change populations?
Open thursday Deep Lesson · Model, Worked Example & Practice
Selection simulation using paper tokens or supplied data.
Use the course safety charter. If supervision, facilities, materials, or conditions are not appropriate, use the supplied-data/simulation alternative rather than improvising hazardous procedures.
Record variables or design constraints, procedure/model, observations/data, and one revision you would make after reviewing the evidence.
Open friday Deep Lesson · Model, Worked Example & Practice
Answer the essential question: How can differential survival and reproduction change populations?
Submit a claim, at least two specific pieces of evidence, reasoning that connects them, one limitation/counterclaim, and a correction note for any essential concept below 80%.
Select one artifact from this week and explain why it is trustworthy evidence of growth.