Week 6
February 9-13, 2015

Learning Goals: Discuss scientific hypotheses about origin of life on earth. Describe methods used to date fossils and how extinction can result in adaptive radiation. Demonstrate how systematics is used to develop phylogenetic trees. Compare and contrast the three domains of life.

 

Monday - Review chi-square; Standard deviation and error

HW: chi-square/standard deviation problems

Tuesday - Origins life & earth history ppt

 HW: Ch.25 assignment-part 1

Wednesday - Origin of life article read/analyze

HW: ch.25 part 2 due 2/13

Thursday - Introduce domain project - Choose organisms

HW: domain project due 2/24

Friday - Phylogenetics ppt

HW: phylogenetics wkhst/ch.25 part 3 due 2/17