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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Forces of Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes three of the four forces of evolution: mutation, gene flow, and genetic drift.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Evolution of Viruses

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about virus evolution and genetic variation in viruses.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Natural Selection in Populations

For Students 9th - 10th
How natural selection works at the level of genes, alleles, genotypes, & phenotypes.
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Handout
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Identify the conditions required for natural selection and describe how it can result in changes in species over time. Follow Charles Darwin through a life of exploration, observation, and experimentation to see how he developed his ideas.
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Activity
University of Washington

University of Washington: Evo Beaker: Evo Dot

For Students 9th - 10th
EvoDots lets the user explore the mechanism of evolution. The program creates a population of dots. The user is a predator. As the dots run around the screen, the user eats them by clicking on them with the mouse. After the user has...
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Do or Die: Extinction in a Changing World

For Students 9th - 10th
A Resource to help understand that concept of natural selection and to realize that organisms need to adapt to survive.
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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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Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Charles Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography of Charles Darwin, and how he discovered evolutionary theory and natural selection.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Benefits of Biodiversity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
First, students toss coins to determine what traits a set of mouse parents possess, such as fur color, body size, heat tolerance, and running speed. Next they use coin tossing to determine the traits a mouse pup born to these parents...
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: The Theory of Evolution

For Students 3rd - 9th
This slideshow provides a brief overview of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution, natural selection and survival of the fittest.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how natural selection changes allele frequency.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Principles of Biology

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers four unifying principles of biology: cell theory, gene theory, homeostasis, and evolutionary theory.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Adaptation and Evolution of Populations

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the basic concepts behind evolution, such as gene variation and adaptations.[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Famous Scientists Charles Darwin

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage discusses Charles Darwin and his theory of natural selection in evolution. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Arms Race

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text male animals that have evolved in order to fight for a mate. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Naturally Selected to Survive

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about adaptations and natural selection. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: When Fish First Walked

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about natural selection and its role in the theory of evolution. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Influences on Darwin

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] When Darwin returned to England at the end of his voyage, he did not rush to announce his discoveries. He did not want to present any ideas unless he had strong...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Origin of Species

For Students 6th - 8th
[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...
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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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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Hardy Weinberg Theorem

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Sometimes understanding how common a gene is within a population is necessary. Or, more specifically, you may want to know how common a certain form of that gene is...
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Article
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: An Example of Evolution by Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples of natural selection processes are well documented in life forms that have very rapid life cycles such as bacteria.