Evidence of Evolution Lessons

Dinosaur Evolution Project
dinosaur_evolution_project.pdf 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...	17 ratings
Published by Lesson Plans Inc.	High School

Evolution Study Guide
evolution_study_guide.pdf 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...	15 ratings
Published by Lesson Plans Inc.	High School

Examining the Fossil Record
Lesson Plan High School Worksheet: Students analyze the characteristics of fossils, organize paper "fossils" to show change over time by developing an evolutionary tree based on the morphology and age of fossils. More...	2 ratings
Published by Shannan Muskopf	High School

The Great Fossil Find
Lesson Plan High School Activity: Students are taken on an imaginary fossil hunt. Following a script read by the teacher, students "find" (remove from envelope) paper "fossils" of some unknown creature, only a few at a time. Each time, they attempt to reconstruct the creature, and each time their interpretation tends to change as new pieces are "found". This lesson is great for students to understand that science is tentative and as new evidence is revealed, ideas may change. More...	3 ratings
Published by Steve Randak and Michael Kimmel	High School

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