Griffen Publishing
Learning From the Past
The big idea for this lesson is that the past enriches our present and future. Learners explore the origin of the Olympic Games and how one man took an event from the past and reinvented it for modern times. They compare and contrast the...
Curated OER
Pre-Activity Worksheet: Natural Selection
Although the instructions include reading from a specific textbook, the tasks are appropriate for any unit dealing with how genotype frequency changes over time. Junior biologists define five vocabulary terms and then answer five...
Curated OER
Rates of Change
For this rate of change worksheet, students read about how to calculate the rate of change in different processes such as plant growth. They are given example problems and practice calculating rates of change.
Curated OER
Theory, Theory, Who's got the theory?
Students analyze 5 separate theories of evolution in order to help them explain the different meanings of theory, how human values influence science, and that the scientific view of the origin of life does not involve supernatural forces.
Curated OER
Through Time: Change in Sedona
Learners locate events on a timeline of Sedona, Arizona and describe human and physical characteristics of the city. In this Sedona lesson plan, students locate the city on a map and listen to stories about Sedona.
Curated OER
Trees: Recorders of Climate Change
Middle schoolers study cross sections of trees or tree "cookies" to discover how the rings on tree sections give clues to the climate during the time the ring was produced. They study simulated cross sections of trees to determine the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab 7: A Year in the Life of the Earth System
An investigation that is part of a series of lab lessons that expose students to Earth Systems through research, data, and visualizations. In this lab, students will observe how the Earth has changed over time to understand the Earth as...
Other
Ohio Department of Education: The Long and Short Story of Ecological Succession
An ecology simulation where each student plays a role of an organism in an forest ecosystem. Students earn and keep track of their own survival points to determine which type of organism is most successful at survival during different...
Google
Google Earth Timelapse
See an aerial view of how communities around the globe have changed over time.
Other
Bringing History Home: Children Long Ago
This Kindergarten unit introduces students to the concept of change over time by examining the historic counterparts of objects in children's daily lives, e.g., toys, food, cars, music, telephones, and toothbrushes. This develops an...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Time Capsule
First graders will learn to compare and contrast changes over time.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Create Your Own Time Capsule
By making time capsules, we can decide what message to send to the future about our own lives. If it were discovered years from now, what would the objects say about you and the time you lived in?
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes
A collection of classroom lessons to help high school biology teachers teach evolution and the nature of science. This highly lab-oriented module is a very useful evolution and deep-time teaching site.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Online Biology Book: The Modern View of Evolution
Take a closer look into the modern view of evolution. This article includes many pieces of evidence, all which support the theory of evolution.
University of California
Understanding Evolution: An Introduction to Evolution
A textbook definition along with an explanation of the scientific theory of evolution.
University of California
Understanding Evolution: Macroevolution
Understand the large-scale processes of evolution.
University of California
Understanding Evolution: The Big Issues
Visit some of the biggest questions that scientists try to answer about evolution.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Many Is a Million?
A visualization activity where students can conceptualize the age of the Earth by observing dots on paper, making calculations and estimations, and discussing their findings with classmates.
PBS
Pbs: Nature: Rhinoceros
An interactive timeline describing in both pictures and words the rhinoceroses from 50 million years ago to today. Learn how loss of habitat, poaching, and captivity has changed the rhino population over time.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Evolution Quiz Ii
Take an interactive quiz over evolution. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Fun With Fossils
Fourth graders examine several fossil samples as they analyze different ways these fossils formed using both real samples and an interactive web page.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: 4 Ess1 1: Evidence From Rock Layers
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 4-ESS1-1: evidence from rock layers.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 4.3 Natural Selection
Explore the theory of evolution by means of natural selection.