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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Allopatric Speciation

For Students 9th - 10th
These images from the Smithsonian Institution depict Nancy Knowlton's work with snapping shrimp in Panama. Knowlton found that the closing of the isthmus -- dividing the Pacific Ocean from the Caribbean -- resulted in new species of shrimp.
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Interactive
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biology: Galapagos Finches

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive animation illustrates how Charles Darwin used his study of finch beaks to explain evolution. A phylogenetic tree diagram shows how the birds' color and beak shape changed over generations.
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Handout
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Genetic Drift: An Explanation

For Students 9th - 10th
This explanation of genetic drift is straightforward and easy to understand. Illustrations are provided to help visual learners
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Darwin's of Natural Selection: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Try these five multiple-choice quiz questions about Charles Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection.
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Handout
Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: Evolution

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read a brief, but clear description of the three evolutionary processes that occur in species over time.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Natural Selection in Populations

For Students 9th - 10th
How natural selection works at the level of genes, alleles, genotypes, & phenotypes.
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Handout
University of California

Understanding Evolution: Mechanisms: The Processes of Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the six major mechanisms of evolution and evolutionary processes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Natural Selection

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The theory of evolution by natural selection means that the inherited traits of a population change over time. Inherited traits are features that are passed from one...
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Website
Treehut

Suzy's World: Life on Earth

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site from Suzy's World, which is a personal site from Suzy Cato, explores what evolution is, and how long there has been life on earth. Content includes fun facts, a great experiment, and a classroom activity.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Macroevolution

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Constrasts gradualism and punctuated equilibrium.