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- 5th - 12th
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Students watch a video that outlines the history of the Great Piltdown Forgery of early 20th century England. They answer a series of comprehension questions. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students recognize various information sources and to apply appropriate criteria for selecting the best information source(s) for their particular research need. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the evolution of the eye and how a complex organ can evolve through natural selection. They research genetic variation, adaptation, and sexual selection. They analyze data to determine how beak length of Gal??pagos finches evolved. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine mechanisms behind biological evolution and the theories that feed it, and are able to demonstrate their knowledge of these theories in a story. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students distinguish between scientific and everyday meaning of key terms: theory, hypothesis, law, fact, law-and use in context. They recognize the variables that affect observation, data collection, and interpretation. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students are given a set of cards with sea animals and their diets. They form a food web by passing yarn to a predator or prey. They write a summary that explains the disappearance of the giant tortoises. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research the history of the theory of evolution and make a comparative timeline of events in world history and in the history of evolutionary theory. Full Review »
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- 12th - Higher Ed
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Students compare and contrast the elements used in the 19th century British novel and those novels in American society today. In groups, they brainstorm what it might have been like to be a teenager growing up in England during the 19th century and compare it with the information they gather from the novel itself. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students discuss anomalies in nature and science. They discuss times that anomalies led to the collection of data that explained the phenomena and contributed to changing scientific understandings. Students work in groups to research different aspects of evolutionary theory. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students devise a classification system for every day classroom objects and relate it to the method of classification developed by Linnaeus. They view and discuss a discovery channel video on animal adaptations to discover the ways animals can be classified into groups and given scientific names. Full Review »
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