D4.1 Natural Selection
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 processes can cause changes in allele frequencies within a population?
- What is the role of reproduction in the process of natural selection?
Linking Questions:
Linking questions strengthen students’ understanding by making connections between topics. The ideal outcome of the linking questions is networked knowledge.
- How do intraspecific interactions differ from interspecific interactions?
- What mechanisms minimize competition?
Resources:
- At SHS, Topic D4.1 is taught in the Natural Selection and Evolution of Gene Pools 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