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Website
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour Extra: 200 Years Later, Darwin's Theories Still Inspire

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this concise article detailing Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution and follow with discussion questions.
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Darwin and the Theory of Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will be able to identify important ideas Darwin developed during the voyage of the Beagle, and give examples of his observations that supported those ideas.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes Darwin's observations on the Galapagos Islands that led to his theory of evolution.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes Darwin's observations on the Galapagos Islands that led to his theory of evolution.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes Darwin's observations on the Galapagos Islands that led to his theory of evolution.
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Interactive
What2Learn

What2 Learn: People of Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive game where students answer questions pertaining to evolution to win the shootout.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Predators and Prey

For Students 3rd - 5th
Did you ever want to be a hawk? In this virtual ecosystem, students will take on the role of a hawk and try to catch rabbits on a snowy field. Students will see which rabbits have adaptations that allow them to blend into the environment...
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Unit Plan
W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: How Humans Evolved

For Students 9th - 10th
This provides access to a webbook about How Humans Evolved. The following topics are covered: (1) How Evolution Works, (2) Primate Behavior and Ecology, (3) The History of Human Lineage, and (4) Evolution and Modern Humans. Each chapter...
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Handout
National Institutes of Health

National Center for Biotechnology Information: Phylogenetics Factsheet

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed website that explains the history and process of classifying animals using evolutionary, molecular, and physical characteristics relationships. Website also contains information on evolution and evolutionary processes....
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Charles Darwin's Evidence for Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
An article reviewing over the life of Charles Darwin and his evidence of evolution. Find out how this young naturalist who took a trip around the world collecting evidence about how organisms have changed over time.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Evidence for Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the evidence for evolution: anatomy, molecular biology, biogeography, fossils, & direct observation.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Field Museum: Exhibits: Evolving Planet: The Basics of Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
What is evolution? What is natural selection? How has our understanding of evolution changed since Darwin's day? You will find the answers to these questions and more in this basic explanation of the evolutionary process.
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Website
Scientific American

Scientific American: Happy 200th Birthday Charles Darwin: In Depth Reports

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the thinking of Charles Darwin, and read how his theory of evolution survives, thrives, and shapes the way we learn about nature. (February 2009)
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stebbins

For Students 9th - 10th
Stebbins is a game about evolution. Students collect data as predators eating colored circles on a colored background, being careful to avoid the poisonous ones. Data analysis reveals how the population changes color over time, and can...
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Handout
University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Evidence by Example

For Students 9th - 10th
The Understanding Evolution website for teachers provides common examples of evolution, especially by artificial 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
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: The Nature of Science and Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the scientific reasoning and critical thinking to take an in-depth look at the basics of biology.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: On the Origin of Species (Historical E Book)

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete original text of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Evolutionary Biology: Darwin, Charles

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Charles Darwin.
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Handout
University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Homologies

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are from the Understanding Evolution website for teachers. They focus on homologous structures that organisms with common ancestors share.
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Handout
Nature Research

Scitable: Evolutionary Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on evolutionary genetics focusing on the topics of phylogenetics, mutation and molecular population genetics, the genetics of speciation, genome evolution, and evolution and development. Learn how to read a...
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Article
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: On the Wing: Birds, Skeeters, Jet Planes

For Students 9th - 10th
Evolution through natural selection governs the "design" of flying creatures. Engineers design flying machines. But flying is about physics, and physics is the ultimate arbiter of both processes, and that produces parallels in mechanical...
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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Alfred Russel Wallace

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of Alfred Wallace, who is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection; his paper on the subject was jointly published with some of Charles Darwin's writings.
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Interactive
BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Snurfle Islands

For Students 4th - 8th
Create a Snurfle and see whether it can survive in different environments. As you play the game, you will learn about natural selection and animal adaptations. At the end of the game, try the multiple-choice quiz to check your...