Columbus City Schools
Diversity of Living Things
Here's a topic classes can really dig—the fossil record. Use the well-organized and thoughtful road map to take eighth graders back in time to unearth the answer. Learn how our climate has changed, and how organisms have...
Curated OER
Darwin’s Bees
What do you call a bee born in May? A maybe! This first instructional activity in a series of four begins with a starter activity to get scholars thinking about the topic. Then a circus, or circuit of seven activities,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Origin of Species
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The creation of a new species is called speciation. Most new species develop naturally. But humans have also artificially created new breeds and species for...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Origin of Species
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how new species evolve.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Origin of Species
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Study the process of speciation and two types: allopatric and sympatric presented in this module.
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Evolution of Evolution: 150 Years of "On the Origin of Species"
When the "Origin of Species" was published in 1859, the ambitions and scopes of science were dramatically expanding. "Origin of Species" marked the transition of biology from a prescience to a science. [4:04]
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Biology: Charles Darwin I: The Origin of Species
Instructional module focusing on the early work of Charles Darwin. Discusses Darwin's key role in supporting and describing the theory of evolution as driven by natural selection. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links...
City University of New York
Classification: Bringing Order Out of Chaos
A self-directed module on all aspects of biological classifications that covers the species problem, diversity and chaos, cladistics, putting things in groups, and so on.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Natural Selection
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand what natural selection is and how it works and explain how new species originate.
PBS
Pbs: Dogs and More Dogs
NOVA takes a comprehensive look at the origin of different species of dogs in this feature. Interesting information like, why do they come in so many shapes and sizes, and why do they have us right where they want us is provided.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Homo Habilis
This resource provides graphics, as well as explanation, of the remains of Homo habilis.
Other
Historical Thinking Matters: The Scopes Trial
This award-winning site has everything you need for online lessons or independent study about the Scopes Trial. Uses an inquiry based approach with lots of primary sources, and the material can be used in conjunction with almost any...
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page
The Digital Library provides links to the complete texts of 25 of Arthur Conan Doyle's works in many formats.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:how Did Humans Evolve?
Explore paleoanthropology by going on a virtual "dig" to answer questions about famous fossil finds. Explain how alternate hominid family trees result from different interpretations of the same fossil evidence.