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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Biology: Natural Selection: Phylogeny

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice exercise on phylogeny.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Darwin, Evolution, & Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine Charles Darwin's voyage on the HMS Beagle and his ideas about evolution and natural selection.
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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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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of the basic concepts behind evolution.
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Interactive
Other

Biology Simulations: Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation explores the survival of prey species individuals based on their coloring and the environment.
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Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biology: Charles Darwin I: The Origin of Species

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on the early work of Charles Darwin. Discusses Darwin's key role in supporting and describing the theory of evolution as driven by natural selection. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links...
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Handout
Other

Evolution: The Theory of Natural Selection (Part 1)

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are part of a site called Evolution that accompany a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. This section has an advanced discussion of determining allele and genotype frequencies using the Hardy-Weinberg ratio.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Definition and Examples of Stabilizing Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what stabilizing selection is and how this type of natural selection actually limits genetic diversity in a population. Presents examples of stabilizing selection in different plants and animals.
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses conditions needed for the Hardy-Weinberg Law to hold true and demonstrates calculations involving allelic frequencies to illustrate this principle.
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Interactive
BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Angry Aliens: Evolution

For Students 4th - 6th
Teach aliens about evolution as you play this game, and review your own understanding in the process. Topics covered include evolutionary mechanisms, evidence of evolution, natural selection, reproductive isolation, population genetics,...
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Interactive
BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Snurfle Islands

For Students 4th - 8th
Create a Snurfle and see whether it can survive in different environments. As you play the game, you will learn about natural selection and animal adaptations. At the end of the game, try the multiple-choice quiz to check your...
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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
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Influences on Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What did other scientists say about evolution? Check out this module to understand how Darwin developed his theory of evolution by natural selection and the ways...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, online lab activities, virtual simulations, and video clips, students study the concepts of biological evolution.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Observing Stabilizing and Directional Selection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology lab students will compare two sample populations of sunflower seeds. Comparison of the two populations will be done through the generation of a histogram for each population. One population will be black oil sunflower...
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Online Course
Yale University

Open Yale Courses: Principles of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
Access any one of thirty-six lectures from a biological sciences course, in audio, video, and text format. Coverage includes evolution, natural selection, the fossil record, the history of life on Earth, ecological communities,...
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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
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biology: Charles Darwin Iii: Descent With Modification

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on Charles Darwin's theory of Descent with Modification. Discusses how slight changes from parent to offspring create variation and potentially create new species over time. Site also includes an interactive...
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Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what evolution is through a case study of a Hawaiian snail species' survival. [7:20]
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Handout
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Genetic Drift: An Explanation

For Students 9th - 10th
This explanation of genetic drift is straightforward and easy to understand. Illustrations are provided to help visual learners
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eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: The Nature of Science and Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the scientific reasoning and critical thinking to take an in-depth look at the basics of biology.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Evolution of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Meet Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution and natural selection. Understand why adaptations are important.
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Activity
Biology Corner

Biology Corner: Peppered Moths Simulation

For Students 6th - 8th
This simulation allows students to take on the role of a bird and eat different types of peppered moths. Students analyze which types of peppered moths do better in various environments.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Cow's Digestive System

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how a cow eats and digests food in this video segment from Nature.