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- 6th - 12th
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Students read article It's a Fact: Faith and Theory Collide Over Evolution, and examine different ways people arrive at what 'the truth' is, focusing on the evolution vs creationism debate that has been a hot topic throughout the 20th century. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study why evolution is at the heart of a world health threat by investigating the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance in such menacing diseases as tuberculosis and influenza. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students debate whether teachers should be mandated to present theories challenging evolution in their classrooms. For homework, they write letters to their local school board expressing their own opinions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study evolution and genetic mutation through very current events by reading an article on avian flu. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students explore evolution. After watching a video on evolution, students perform a variety of experiments using beans which illustrate the concept of evolution. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students examine the positive and negative aspects of evolution. They journal and listen to lectures to explore Darwin's theory of Evolution. Full Review »
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- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students brainstorm and write arguments for Evolution and Intellegent Design. They research the history of each of these ideas. They also examine the controversy of teaching one or both ideas in schools. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify one object that would tell the story of their lives. In groups, they determine what can and cannot be told from objects left behind. After watching a video, they compare and contrast chicken bones to human bones. To end the lesson, they create a timeline of the Cenozoic Era. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how natural selection creates antibiotic-resistant bacteria, recognize applications of evolutionary principles for medicine, agriculture, and conservation, and discuss how science contributes to decisions in context of society. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate how natural selection influences evolution. They complete a hands-on lab simulation of natural selection, and replicate a real experiment and examine the interplay between selection factors in a population of guppies. Full Review »
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