C‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍riteria: (A) grade Understanding Biology: The student communicates their understanding by; Making links between related ideas, concepts, principles, and theories reveal meaningful interrelationships Applying knowledge and understanding about the processes of evolution to a range of complex and challenging tasks. Investigating Biology: The student communicates investigative processes by; – formulating justified researchable questions collecting and organising data to identify trends and interrelationships -interpreting and critically analysing results with links to theoretical concepts to draw conclusions relating to the question Evaluating Biological Issues: – Gathering and critically analysing and evaluating information and data from a variety of valid and reliable sources – Integrating the information and data to make justified and responsible decisions about the processes involved in the evolution of the organism – Considering alternatives and predictions about the future of evolution of an organism relevant in past, present and future biological contexts TASK: Select, with discrimination, appropriate information to explain the evolutionary history of your chosen organism. Apply your knowledge and understanding to develop a fully justified research question of the evolutionary processes that may have been involved in the evolution of your selected organism. Link the evolutionary history of the organism to the evolutionary processes that created it. Interpret and critically analyse current environemntal conditions that affect your organism to predict possible future evolutionary changes to your organism and any structural modifications evolution may produce. Fully justify all your claims. Review the evidence of evolution e.g. fossils, comparative anatomy, comparative emb‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍ryology and molecular DNA evidence that you find and draw justified conclusions based on that evidence. Also, review the processes of evolution that relate to your organism these include genetic mutations to form new alleles and the subsequent effects of convergent and divergent population genetics, and the processes of speciation. Your hypothesis will need to include interpretation of data and critically evaluate evolutionary evidence If applicable, identify any critical evolutionary steps that were instrumental to the creation of your organism. (Rough notes) The Evolution of crocodiles Research Question (How has natural selection and environmental change impacted on the evolution of the Sea lions since prehistoric times?) · What is the evolutionary pathway of the crocodile Discuss evolution · What is evolution? · Evolution of crocodiles (Macro Evolution) · General overview of evolutionary evidence · Overview of Comparative Anatomy · Comparative anatomy of crocodile · Cladogram/ Phylogenetic tree · Physical anatomy · Fossil Evidenceà Dating tool, guarantees existence of organism most obvious/ essential bone variations in the evolution of crocodile with previous species and when it broke off from the other species (provide phylogenic tree) Tip · Join two evolutions in the crocodile side by side (i.e compare two at a time) · Address how a certain characteristic of the crocodile evolved over time · ? · ? · ? · · Need to research additional evolution Natural Selection Embryology · Embryos of crocodiles And Evidence · Mitochondrial DNA à Phylogenetic tree showing mRNAà how mRNA is inherited · In-depth analysis of current prey of animal proposed changes and fate of the crocodil‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍e species in the future