Content :

Evolution [Gr.10]

Content Standards :

demonstrates understanding
 that evolution explains both the unity and diversity of species
 of the Theory of Natural Selection
 of the scientific evidence of natural selection

Performance Standards :

 explains how species diversity increases the probability of adaptation and survival of organisms in changing environments

Learning Competencies :

 describes the theory of natural selection
 explains how natural selection can result to speciation and extinction
 explains how fossil records, comparative anatomy and genetic information provide evidence of evolution
 explains the importance of adaptation as a mechanism for species survival