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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Evolution Quiz Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Take an interactive quiz over evolution. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
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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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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hummingbird Species in the Transitional Zones

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" shows biologists Chris Schneider and Tom Smith studying hummingbirds and other animals in Ecuador. Their research is investigating the processes by which new species are formed.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: A Comparative Approach to Animal Dissections (A Phylogenic Study)

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology inquiry lab, students study evolutionary relationships by making observations of preserved animal specimens, developing a question, then investigating by dissecting the specimens provided. This comparative approach offers...
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Plant Organs

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the concepts and skills from Grades 9-12 Biology to relate the structure of each of the major plant organs and tissues to physiological processes. Enhance familiarity with the structure, function, and evolutionary origins of plant...
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Indiana University

Ensi: Introduction to Evolution Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit plan presented by the Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes is one way to introduce evolution. The authors have created a Pre-test about what evolution is/is not to address misconceptions. There are handouts and...
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Other

Becoming Human: Comparison of Human and Ape Chromosones

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wondered how closely we are related to other primates? Join this chromosone comparison adventure to compare the banding patterns of human chromosones to those of apes.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Microbial Evolution: Part 4

For Teachers 9th - 10th
YouTube video continues the discussion of molecular phylogenetics and reconstruction of the tree of life.
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Other

Plant and Animal Evolution: Homology

For Students 9th - 10th
In this informative site, homologous is defined and the wings of birds and bats are compared to clarify the concept.
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Other

The Evidence for Evolution: Biogeography

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. These pages are about the house sparrow and the differences that can be observed in it in different geographical...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Selective Breeding

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Wikipedia provides information on the selective breeding of animals and plants, along with a discussion of Darwinism.
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Other

Fossil Museum: Paleobiology

For Students 9th - 10th
This table is an overview of the appearance and extinction of major groups of organisms through geologic time.
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Other

University of Chicago: Dinosaur Extinction

For Students 9th - 10th
This theory from the University of Chicago of dinosaur extinction revolves around the concept of plate tectonics, the movement of the continents over a sort of liquid around the planet.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Brazil: Atlantic Forest South East Reserves

For Students 9th - 10th
The Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, in the states of Parana and Sao Paulo, contain some of the best and most extensive examples of Atlantic forest in Brazil. The 25 protected areas that make up the site (some 470,000 ha in total)...