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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: From Old World to New World

For Students 3rd - 8th
Plants have migrated around the world just like people. This site explains how several African plants and food crops made their way into American life.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Medical Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Many medicinal plants native to Africa found their way around the world and into modern medicine. Find out about five such plants at this informative site.
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Evidence for Evolution: How Can Evolution Be Observed?

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are part of a site called Evolution that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. In this section, he describes how artificial selection has provided many examples of evolutionary change. Examples...