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Journal Entry:

 What are the two types of speciation and how do they differ?

Learning Intentions

• We will learn to identify the five conditions for a population or allele to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium including: a large population size, absence of migration, no net mutations, random mating and no natural selection. 

• We will learn the Hardy Weinberg equilibrium equation and how it is used.

Closing Task:

You can analyze whether population you have been researching is in equilibrium (not evolving) or is in the process of evolving using five conditions and some research.

Content Standards being covered:

Big Idea 1
1.1 The student is able to convert a data set from a table of numbers that reflects a change in the genetic makeup of a population over time and to apply mathematical methods and conceptual understandings to investigate the cause and effect of this change.
1.2 The student is able to evaluate evidence provided by data to qualitatively and quantitatively investigate the role of natural selection in evolution.
1.3 The student is able to apply mathematical methods to data from a real or simulated population to predict what will happen to the population in the future.
1.6 The student is able to use data from mathematical models based on the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to analyze genetic drift and effects of selection in the evolution of specific populations.
1.7 The student is able to justify the selection of data from mathematical models based on the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to analyze genetic drift and the effects of selection in the evolution of specific populations.

Habits of Mind/Life skills being covered:

Applying past knowledge to current situations