A4.1: Evolution and Speciation
Guiding Questions:
Guiding questions help students view the content of the syllabus through the conceptual lenses of both the themes and the levels of biological organization.
Linking Questions:
Linking questions strengthen students’ understanding by making connections between topics. The ideal outcome of the linking questions is networked knowledge.
Resources:
Guiding questions help students view the content of the syllabus through the conceptual lenses of both the themes and the levels of biological organization.
- What is the evidence for evolution?
- How do analogous and homologous structures exemplify commonality and diversity?
Linking Questions:
Linking questions strengthen students’ understanding by making connections between topics. The ideal outcome of the linking questions is networked knowledge.
- How does the theory of evolution by natural selection predict and explain the unity and diversity of life on Earth?
- What counts as strong evidence in biology?
Resources:
- At SHS, Topic A4.1 is taught in the Natural Selection, Adaptations, Speciation and Cladistics units.
- Quizlet study set for this topic. Coming soon!
- View the general sequence of the SHS course
- View the SHS units mapped to the IB Biology curriculum roadmap