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Disasters: Nature’s Idea of Selection

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Monica Cohen

Students model the process of natural selection and communicate their understanding through written and visualexpression.

ESSENTIALQUESTION(S) fortheUNIT

How does a changing environment impact nature’s ability to select favorable traits and how does the process ofnatural selection change the genetic make-up of a population over time?

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Natural Selection		Changing Environments

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How does the process of naturalselection work in an environment?		How does a changing environmentimpact genetic favorability?

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Natural Selection Favorable traits Competition

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