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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Fossils: Lesson 6

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how fossils can be used to determine evolutionary relationships. It is 6 of 6 in the series titled "Fossils."
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Early Dinosaur Discoveries in North America

For Students 9th - 10th
This survey of early dinosaur discoveries in North America discusses the first dinosaur specimens and the scientific debate that they inspired.
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Interactive
Other

University of Connecticut: Natural Selection Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has a Java simulation that demonstrates allele frequency and natural selection. Choose various numbers for this simulation and run the experiment.
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Plants

For Teachers K - 1st
The Discovery Channel provides numerous lesson plans dealing with plants. Content is organized by grade level, but all lesson plans include suggestions for adaptations for older or younger audiences.
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Website
Other

The National Museum of Finland

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief overview of the museum. Address and phone number are given with links to a little more information.
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Website
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Explore Galapagos

For Students 6th - 8th
This site provides a fun way of exploring the Galapagos Islands through pictures, sound, videos, games, learning exercises, and more.
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Website
The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Evolving Planet: All About 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
Institute and Museum of the History of Science

Institute and Museum of History of Science: Museo Galileo

For Students 9th - 10th
This site can be viewed in either English or Italian. Many links can take the viewer to more information on the museum.
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Handout
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: The Evolution of Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
A good and easy to read history of mammals. Relatively brief discussion of the evolutionary history.
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Website
Other

Evolution for Teaching: School of Science and Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference page containing information related to evolution. Topics discussed on the page is the theories, human evolution, evolutionary evidence, Darwin, and Earth's history.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Microevolution vs. Macroevolution

For Students 9th - 10th
The concepts of microevolution and macroevolution are explained and a two-column table that compares them is presented.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Charles Darwin: Introduction to the Theory of Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
The main concepts in Charles Darwin's theory of evolution are described, how natural selection works, and the ongoing criticism of evolution from Creationists.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Darwin's theory of natural selection and his ideas about evolution are explained here.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Eugenics Movement in America

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting facts and information on the Eugenics Movement in America.
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Handout
Other

Ancestral Flatworms

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives the history of flatworms and how they evolved. Gives the different types of flatworms, including the tapeworm.
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Website
The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Evolving Planet: Misconceptions About Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This informative Field Museum exhibit examines seven misconceptions about evolution and provides insight as to why they are incorrect.
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Handout
The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: Living Things Families

For Students 9th - 10th
What do centipedes and crabs have in common? What's so special about a backbone? Check this site out from The Franklin Institute if you are interested in biology and classification.
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Article
How Stuff Works

How Stuff Works: How Evolution Works

For Students 9th - 10th
Bacteria reproduce asexually. This means that, when a bacteria cell splits, both halves of the split are identical -- they contain exactly the same DNA. The offspring is a clone of the parent.
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Handout
Other

Natural Science: Early Branch of Green Plant Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Recent discovery and theroy that changes the conventional explanation for the evolution of plants.
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Handout
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Cual Embrion Es Humano?

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibit that explains why the embryos of vertebrates look so much alike.
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Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Evolution of Tungara Frog Mating Calls

For Students 9th - 10th
Use molecular information and observe female response patterns to learn about the mating calls of Physalaemus frogs. Examine the evolution of female preference for particular call characteristics.
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Handout
University of Guelph

Canada's Aquatic Environments: Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A general description of the evolution of amphibians and information about the decline in population of amphibians over the years.
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Website
Other

Sternberg Museum of Natural History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains many links as well as a description of the museum.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Charles Lyell

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ScienceWorld describes the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell who supported the ideas of the uniformitarian principle and aligned himself with James Hutton's ideas. He also supported and refuted some of the ideas of Charles...