Evolution Lesson Plans
Darwinian evolution lesson plans designed for high school science teachers are downloadable here.
Click the titles below to see a list of lessons for each category.
- Favorable variations and traits for survival.
- Directional Selection - one extreme phenotype thrives.
- Stabilizing Selection - intermediate phenotypes thrive, both extreme phenotypes die off.
- Disruptive Selection - both extreme phenotypes thrive, intermediate phenotypes die off.
- Sexual Selection - increase reproductive success.
- Artificial Selection - humans breeding animals.
- Principle of Variation - physiology, morphology, behavior.
- Principle of Selection - certain traits are more successful for survival.
- Principle of Heredity - offspring resemble parents.
- Mutation - change in DNA.
- Genetic Drift - founder effect, bottleneck effect.
- Gene Flow- migration, mating between different populations.
History of Darwin Lesson Plans
- Thomas Malthus - human population growth.
- Jean Baptiste Lamarck - use and disuse of physical attributes.
- Charles Lyell - earth's surface changes.
- Darwin's Voyage - HMS Beagle, Galapagos Islands, finches, turtles, iguanas.
- Alfred Wallace - asked darwin to help publish essay, Darwin's book "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection".
- Fossils - paleontologists, fossil record.
- Macromolecules - proteins, nucleic acids.
- Anatomy - vestigial structures, homologous structures, vertebrate embryos.
- Classification - three kingdom system.
History of Life Lesson Plans
- Radiometric Dating - radioisotopes, half-life.
- Bacteria - archaebacteria, eubacteria, endosymbiosis.
- Cambrian Period - animal phyla origin, ozone layer.
- Sea to Land - plants, fungi, arthropods, amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, mass extinction, continental drift.
- Rate of Evolution - gradualism, punctuated equilibrium.
Coevolution Lesson Plans
- Predator and Prey interactions.
- Symbiosis - parasites, mutualism, commensalism, symbiotic relationship.
Human Evolution Lesson Plans
- Primates - binocular vision, grasping hands / feet.
- Apes - opposable thumbs.
- Hominids - bipedal, Lucy, Homo sapiens.
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Evolution Lesson Concepts
The dinosaur evolution project lets students use their imagination and genetics to create a new dinosaur. A great evolution experiment is for students to make observations of bone structures of different animals. An example natural selection activity lets students mimic bacteria becoming immune to antibiotics. Evolution worksheets and exam / test / quiz questions also provide help with evaluating the student's progress.
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