When it comes to the origin of the human species students are full of misconceptions. Clear up the hominid confusion with this evolutionary activity focused on assisting students in understanding prehistoric man and his family tree....

Students explore non-verbal communication. In this animal communication lesson, students study body language and other forms of non-verbal communication. Students write a summary of their findings to discuss with the class. This lesson...

Addressing the idea of intelligent design, as well as a number of creation myths, this presentation gives a measured and scientific perspective to the beginning of the world.  It includes a graphic on the Big Bang Theory, evolution,...

Students create replicas of Egyptian tombs. For this visual arts lesson, students study the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians regarding the afterlife. Students design small mummy tombs using shoe bows, modelling clay, and embellishments.

Tenth graders view this science fiction adventure, though not scientifically accurate, creates opportunities to explore the extinction of dinosaurs and to explore evolution.

Young scholars discover details about the genus Ardipithecus. For this prehistory lesson, students listen to a lecture about the attributes of Ardipithecus. Young scholars then conduct further research on either Ardipithecus ramidus or...

In this global studies worksheet, students read a 7-paragraph article about orangutans and respond to 6 short answer questions. Vocabulary words and definitions are included.

Young scholars listen to an interview with Lucinda Backwell regarding fossil evidence that early hominids included termites in their diets. They participate in a discussion to investigate the significance of these findings.

In this missing worksheet, students, with a partner, complete a variety of activities associated with terms and phrases having to do with the term missing.

Students study Neanderthals. In this Prehistoric life lesson, students investigate two main theories regarding the relationship between Neanderthals and modern man. Students will conduct research through several provided web sites and...

Young scholars comprehend what is meant by Cultural Evolution and that it primarily applies at Human Evolution, but that there are examples in higher mammals such as a killer whales, dolphins and great apes of particular groups by...

In this icebreaker game worksheet, students talk to classmates and find someone who fits each of the 30 descriptions. Students write their name in the blank if the description fits.

In this primary source worksheet, students read a selection about Lucy, a skeleton discovered in 1974, then complete a set of 4 document-based questions.

Talk Origins gives a broad description of the types of Hominid species, and then gives a description of each species. Includes the specific characteristics of each, and explains the differences between the species.

One page general information of A. robustus and A. boisei that accompanies the BBC series "Ape-Man". Includes a photo, a data table summary, and a shockwave video outlining anatomical details. Archived.