B9.4 Variation & Selection

The Evolution of Life on Earth in 24 hours:

What is Evolution? A 9m video from Stated Clearly:

What is Natural Selection? A 9m video from Stated Clearly:

How evolution works – a gentle 12m cartoon video (from Kurz Gesagt – in a nutshell) and here is Natural Selection made easy in a 9m 48s video (from potholer54).

B9.4 Revision notes in downloadable word format.

A simulation of Natural Selection:

Natural Selection

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Here’s Darwin’s Song from Horrible Histories and in What is Evolution? Biology teacher Ceri Evans gives a master class to students on what he says is arguably the greatest idea anybody ever had: evolution (28 mins). 2 more videos – James May’s things you need to know – Evolution (29m) & BBC Short Circuit Theory of Evolution (19m).

This powerpoint covers Artificial Selection (selective breeding) – but we only need the first five slides:

Finally, a short (less than 5 minute) video clip from BBC iScience – Evolution of the Eye.

TEXTBOOK REVISION

IGCSE Biology: Coursebook, chapter 14, pp. 204 – 210 & 213 – 214

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