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Complete the public overview lesson on the big history website make notes as you go then be prepared to discuss evolution next Wednesday
A lovely summation of biodiversity
Read the following excerpt from the book 'How to be a (bad) birdwatcher' by Simon Barnes a sports and nature journalist. This affectionate book sums up biodiversity and its infinite capacity. After reading the excerpt select three sentences that you believe are important to remember.
Speciation Activity
Watch the video on speciation and make notes on speciation you need to include explanations of:
- Geographical isolation
- Temporal isolation
- behavioural isolation
Plate tectonics and mass extinction
Complete the reading assignment on plate tectonics and mass extinction. Then contribute the following to the collaborative slides below:
- A model of continental drift illustrating how the process contributes to increasing biodiversity
- A model of divergent and convergent plates and how the process contributes to increasing biodiversity
- A timeline of mass extinctions with reasoning to how the process contributes to increasing biodiversity
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