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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Microevolution Study Guide

For Students 4th - 9th
A general overview over the evolution of one population or one species over a short period of time.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nova Evolution Lab: Interactive Lesson: Mission 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the evidence of evolution with this interactive worksheet based off of NOVA's Evolution Lab. This resource is designed to be completed while playing through the Evolution Lab game and contains multiple choice and free response...
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Lesson Plan
The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: Ms Ls4 6: Adaptation of Populations Over Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Asexual Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from Kimball's Biology Pages provides information on Asexual Reproduction in plants, and also in animals, where it is less common. Includes information on stems, leaves, roots, plant propagation and apomixis.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Darwin's Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures dedicated to study Charles Darwin's legacy. The course was hosted at Stanford University. The lectures cover a broad range of topics from evolution vs. creationism, Darwin's life and work, social Darwinism,...
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures introducing beginning biology students to the principles of evolution, ecology, and behavior. The course was taught three times a week for a semester at Yale University. The course discusses concepts of...
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: A History of Evolutionary Thought

For Students 9th - 10th
Museum site note on the history of evolutionary thought and includes scientists and thinkers who have contributed to our understanding of life on Earth. Links are provided for da Vinci, Linneaues, Erasmus Darwin, and others.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: Shell Game

For Teachers 5th - 9th
A companion to a PBS program, this Jeopardy-style game test students as they identify the characteristics of mollusks.
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Handout
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Thomas Malthus

For Students 9th - 10th
The Victorian Web provides a brief biography of the Victorian economist Thomas Robert Malthus, focusing on his views on population growth. Links are provided throughout the article for additional information.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Selective Breeding

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Wikipedia provides information on the selective breeding of animals and plants, along with a discussion of Darwinism.
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Handout
Victorian Web

Victorian Web: Charles Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise biography of Darwin, including his travels and his published works. Includes links to online copies of selected publications, along with information on related subjects.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Canyonlands: Tonight Our Guest Is

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson will help students understand that animals adapt to abiotic and biotic conditions in their environment, some of which have evolved over a long period of time through the process of natural selection, and identify the...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers:how Does Evolution Work?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Complete a hands-on lab simulation of natural selection to learn how it impacts a breeding population. Perform an online laboratory simulation and examine the interplay between natural and sexual selection in a population.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers:how Did Humans Evolve?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Who Was Charles Darwin?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the scientific ideas that paved the way for Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. Map and research his scientific journeys and explain how his theory changed the course of science and the world.
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Handout
Other

Alfred Wallace/wallace in the Spice Islands

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Wallace's time spent in the Spice Islands, and how it related to his theory of evolution. Also includes a description of the sailing vessel, 'The Alfred Wallace', which will sail to the spice islands in honor of the...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "Origin of Species", considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, by Charles Darwin on this site.
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Interactive
Other

Explore Learning: Natural Selection Gizmo

For Students 9th - 10th
You are a bird hunting moths (both dark and light) that live on trees. As you capture the moths most easily visible against the tree surface, the moth populations change, illustrating the effects of natural selection. (Free usage is...
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Handout
University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: What About Fitness?

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the concept of fitness and its relation to evolution and how inherited characteristics may change.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Natural Selection: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the process of natural selection. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Natural Selection."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Natural Selection: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the process of natural selection. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Natural Selection."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Speciation and Natural Selection: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson discusses how and why plants and animals adapt to their surroundings over time. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Speciation and Natural Selection."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Speciation and Natural Selection: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson discusses how and why plants and animals adapt to their surroundings over time. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Speciation and Natural Selection."
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Bio Topics

Bio Topics: Evolution and Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
A worksheet and notes regarding the basics of evolution and natural selection.