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Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Living Things Share Common Genes

For Students 9th - 10th
This multimedia article includes animations, pictures, video, biographical information, and quiz questions that are accessed by clicking on buttons along the bottom of the page. Here you can see how common genes are evidence for common...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Did Feathers Evolve?

For Students 9th - 10th
To look at the evolution of modern bird feathers, we must start a long time ago, with the dinosaurs from whence they came. Carl Zimmer explores the stages of evolution and how even the reasons for feathers have evolved over millions of...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Evidence for Evolution Web Quest

For Students 9th - 10th
This Web quest from the PBS series "Evolution" will help you investigate a variety of types of evidence for evolution.
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Graphic
Other

The Paleontology Portal: Fossil Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
An image gallery of fossils through time. Students choose a time period to see what life was like by studying the fossils.
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Website
University of California

Understanding Evolution: Lines of Evidence: The Science of Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Evolution can be supported by the lines of evidence which are presented in this resource. Recognize these lines: fossil evidence, homologies, distribution in time and space, and evidence by example.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Evolutionary Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, animations, and video clips, students investigate evolutionary biology.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Evidence for Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Get ready to create your own definition based on scientific knowledge of evolution in this tutorial! This tutorial specifically explores the fossil record, cell's evolution, and homologies.
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Interactive
PBS

Nova: Intelligent Design on Trial: Fossil Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource discusses fossil evidence of the intelligent design. The interactive activity explores five well-known fossil transitions that indicate Darwinian evolution in action. The activity consists of a printable version and...
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Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Stickleback Evolution Virtual Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This virtual lab uses stickleback fish and fossil specimens to study evolutionary processes and teaches students skills of data collection and analysis.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Differentiate Among Empirical, Anecdotal, and Logical Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn about three types of evidence that writers often rely on: logical, empirical, and anecdotal. It will also help you distinguish among these...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Differentiate Among Empirical, Anecdotal, and Logical Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson will help you distinguish among three kinds of evidence: logical, empirical, and anecdotal; and see how they are used to support conclusions and arguments in texts.
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Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Evidence for Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
With this article, students will be able to clarify the significance of a scientific theory and recognize that Darwin supported his theory with a great deal of evidence, and that many kinds of evidence since his time have further...
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eBook
University of California

Understanding Science: The Core of Science: Relating Evidence and Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn that the real process of science proceeds at multiple levels and sorts through many ideas, retaining and building upon those that work, and relating the evidence discovered with scientific ideas.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Evidence of Evolution: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Five multiple-choice quiz questions covering the evidence of evolution. Students have the opportunity to check their answers after submitting their results.
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Handout
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Evolution: Examining the Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th
Strengthen understanding of how different types of scientific evidence support the theory of evolution, including direct observation, fossils, DNA, biogeography, and comparative anatomy and embryology.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Biogeography

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses how biogeography relates to evolutionary changes. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Molecular Evidence for Evolution

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Chimpanzees and humans turn out to be very similar - if you look at their DNA. When scientists determined the entire genetic code of both humans and chimpanzees,...
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Handout
Other

Evolution: Evidence From Living Organisms

For Students 9th - 10th
By examining fossils, scientists have collected evidence that supports the theory that species changed over time. As you read this article, study this evidence and critically evaluate whether it indicates that species may have arisen by...
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eBook
Other

The Evidence for Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are part of a site called "Evolution," that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author, and in this section he discusses the evidence for evolution.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Evidence for Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the evidence for evolution: anatomy, molecular biology, biogeography, fossils, & direct observation.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Critical Reading: Supporting Claims

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on supporting claims including the distinction between main ideas and supporting details, relationship between purpose and supporting details, sufficient and related support, and support and...
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 4.6 Molecular Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the molecular evidence for evolution.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 4.5 Evolution Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about several different forms of evolutionary evidence.
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Article
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Early Tetrapod Fossils

For Students 9th - 10th
In this transcript of an interview filmed for the PBS series "Evolution," scientists Ted Daeschler and Neil Shubin describe the discovery and significance of some of their key fossil finds.