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Dinosaur Evolution Project

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High School Project:
Students pretend to evolve a dinosaur using Darwin's principles of evolution and watch how the dinosaur adapts to an environmental change. This is a very comprehensive project including natural selection, adaptations, chromosome and point mutations, gene pools, isolation, Mendel genetics, protein synthesis, fossils, ecology, competition,and speciation. More...

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High School

Fingerprint Classification

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High School Worksheet:
Students use fingerprints to learn how to create a classification system. More...

Published by Shannan Muskopf
High School

Interpreting Graphics - Taxonomy

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High School Worksheet:
Using a concept map, students interpret how how animals are related. More...

Published by Shannan Muskopf
High School

Dichotomous Key

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High School Worksheet:
Students practice using keys on an imaginary creature (Norns). More...

Published by Shannan Muskopf
High School

Classification of an Echinoderm

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High School Experiment:
To understand how the starfish relates to its classification. Students will give three characteristics of each animal, so they can identify the organism. All students will discuss the relationship between the arthropods and echinoderms. More...

Published by Henry Dill
High School

Invertebrate Diversity

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High School Experiment:
Students compare basic characteristics of earthworms, snails, and several arthropods, all of which can be purchased at low cost from local pet stores. More...

Published by Ingrid Waldron and Jennifer Doherty
High School

Evolution Study Guide

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High School Worksheet:
Students will be able to explain the modern theory of evolution, including: natural selection, the evolution of populations, fossils, Darwin's finches, gene pools, evidence and more important concepts. Hand out this worksheet before introducing evolution. Students are to fill in this worksheet while you teach. Students then use this worksheet as a central place to study from to prepare for a test or quiz. More...

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High School

Classification Mnemonic

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High School Activity:
Students learn the structure of the Linnaeus’s classification system and the order of the levels. Topics include kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. More...

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High School

Taxonomy Project - YEAR 2525

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High School Project:
Pretending the students are an alien taxonomists, they are to create a taxonomic scheme for the organisms on planet Earth. Students create a dichotomous key, drawings of the organisms, and a food web. More...

Published by Shannan Muskopf
High School

Vertebrate Classification Challenge

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Middle School Activity:
Students practice vertebrate classification using the organisms discussed the Prentice Hall textbook called the Parade of Life: Animals. More...

Published by Tracy Trimpe
Middle School

Invertebrate Classification Challenge

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Middle School Activity:
Students practice invertebrate classification using the organisms discussed the Prentice Hall textbook called the Parade of Life: Animals. More...

Published by Tracy Trimpe
Middle School

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