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Civil War Photography Lesson Plan

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars explore photographs from the Civil War Era. In this Civil War instructional activity, students consider how photography impacted public opinion of the war as they analyze the provided photographs and discuss the evolution...
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The Mind of a Sports Fan

For Students 7th - 12th
In this sports instructional activity, students read a 5-paragraph article about the evolution of the sports fan and respond to 5 short answer questions. Vocabulary words and definitions are included.
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Rock Talk

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students read a book about rocks and complete a rock analysis activity. In this rock study instructional activity, students read the book Everybody Needs a Rock and select a rock to observe and describe. Students record the properties of...
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Compare/Contrast San Francisco Transportation from the 1850s to Today

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine the evolution of transportation systems. In this San Francisco history lesson, students compare and contrast the transportation provided in the city in the 1850s to today. Pupils use their findings to participate in group...
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Who Was Responsible for the Start of the Cold War?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars determine who is responsible for the start of the Cold War. In this Cold War lesson, students conduct their own research about the evolution of the war and write essays that reveal their opinion on how the war began.
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Reaching New Heights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the tallest skyscrapers in the world over the past 100 years. In this technology lesson, students create a graph/time line about the evolution of skyscrapers. They research important facts about their assigned...
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Medium Studies

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Learners consider the evolution of newspapers. In this current events instructional activity, students investigate changes in newspaper production as they visit selected websites to educate themselves about the topic. Learners...
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Pause for Thought

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students discover the customs of Ramadan. In this Muslim beliefs lesson, students research the listed Web sites about the history of Ramadan, the evolution of calendars, and the separation of church and state.
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Life is Cellular

For Teachers 7th - 9th
For this cells worksheet, students answer questions about the first person to see a cell as well as the evolution of microscopes. They define the parts of a cell and tell the differences between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. There are 20...
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Film: Jurassic Park

For Students 7th - 9th
In this dinosaur worksheet, students answer questions about the film Jurassic Park and relate what they view to their understanding of climate, selection and evolution.
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What is the Nature of Science?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Conduct a survey about the nature of science with your high schoolers. They will record their responses in a table and then discuss the implications of scientific theory. Note: There are activity sheets, and forms included with this lesson.
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Dinosaurs 1: Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils explore dinosaurs. In this dinosaur identification lesson, students watch video clips for different dinosaurs from the Discovery Kids website. Pupils discuss the clips with their teacher. Students may then role play the dinosaurs...
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Superbugs and Antibiotic Resistance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete experiments on antibiotics and antimicrobials. In groups, they explain how antibiotics affect the evolution of microorganisms. They test various types of bacteria to discover how much resistance they have to antibiotics.
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Language Development: Yours and Humankind's

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students brainstorm on the evolution of communication with the use of an animated cartoon activity, 'From Caveman to Spaceman.' They discuss their own personal communication development and create a timeline to illustrate how they have...
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Studying Fossils

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students study the Evolution in the Light of Fossils. Activities in this lesson range from quantitative measurements of hominoid skulls to the comparison of hominoid bone structures. They hypothesize dinosaur size and speed by looking at...
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Passion for Change

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students reflect upon traditional, cultural, or ritualized events. They research and document the evolution of a familiar tradition or ritualized event and creatively represent the changes to the tradition.
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Symbols on Coins: U.S. Coins Evolved from Ancient Times

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners explore the evolution of coins, and create their own coin, using the various features that have been carried over into modern times.
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Life on a Fiery Planet

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the effects on the evolution of human culture from volcanic events worldwide.
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Classical Art

For Teachers 6th
Students study the evolution of Greek and Roman art in pottery and human form. They examine how the artistic evolution is related to discoveries in science and travel through the lessons in this unit.
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Why do we need Vitamin C in our diet? Or Why do we carry old inactive genes in our genome?

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore and explain how mutations in the DNA sequence of a gene may be silent or result in phenotypic change in an organism and in its offspring. They analyze how evolution and biodiversity are the result of genetic changes that...
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Change by Chance?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are able to see the role of chance in evolution. The activity is similar to the party game "gossip" or "telephone." Students start off with a drawing of an animal which changes as they pass their copies of the animal to...
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Atomic Time Lines

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students understand the evolution of the atomic model from Ancient Greece to the present. They then choose one of the options as a project using class time to do research and to be creative.
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Allele Frequencies and Sickle Cell Anemia Lab

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate how selective forces like food, predation and diseases affect evolution. In this genetics instructional activity, students use red and white beans to simulate the effect of malaria on allele frequencies. They analyze...
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Biography: 15 Years and Counting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers witness the evolution of an episode of Biography from inception to final airing. They follow the procedure used for research, editing and producing the final project.

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