+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Tree of Life: lineage

For Students 4th - 8th
In this lineage worksheet, students pick a tree to research and write its lineage and where it originated from. Students complete the lineage of a tree with 14 blanks.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Tree of Life: lineage

For Students 4th - 8th
For this organism worksheet, students use the website provided to trace the lineage of an organism. Students complete 17 lineage lines.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

British Royal Family Tree

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the rules of succession and how succession to the British throne works. Students arrange the royal family members in succession order. They explore the concept of lineage by constructing the British royal family...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Tree of Life

For Students 4th - 6th
In this monarch butterfly worksheet, students use the website given to chart the lineage of the monarch butterfly. Students complete 13 lineage blanks.
+
Interactive
Curated OER

Tree of Life: monarch butterfly

For Students 4th - 8th
In this lineage worksheet, learners write the step by step lineage of the monarch butterfly. Students fill in 13 blanks where the first and last stage are given.
+
Interactive
Curated OER

Taxonomy - Bluebird Classification

For Students 5th - 8th
In this bluebird classification worksheet, learners click on the link to find information about the lineage of bluebirds and create a step by step classification chart. Students complete 8 spaces in the chart.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Questions: Alex Haley's "My Furthest Back Person: The African"

For Students 8th - 12th
Based on Alex Haley's moving essay "My Furthest Back Person: The African," these 11 questions support comprehension and prepare readers for discussion of the text. Use this tool, and the essay, as a nonfiction addition to units on...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hominid Traits: Ape to Man

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders collaborate and analyze information about our hominid lineage. They discuss evidence researched by anthropologists. Students use spreadsheet data to compare means of locomotion, diet and brain size.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Regal & Royal

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students follow a multi-step process to construct a hand puppet from a fairy-tale of their choice. Then they decorate their puppets with collage and marker techniques using various crayola supplies. Students also present a puppet show...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Classification and Binomial Nomenclature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice identifying different groups of living organisms using a dichotomous key. Students also examine the history of an organism and its lineage by writing a paragraph about it and "three generations" of ancestors.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Manuelito

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research Manuelito's approximate birthplace, his clan lineage, his early upbringing and preparation for defense against enemies. They analyze the factors that brought people west and postulate their understanding of words and...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Protists

For Students 9th - 12th
Sort through the "junk drawer kingdom" as the protists laugh at our attempts to classify them! AP biology classes consider the array of organisms that do not file neatly into the other four kingdoms of classification. Evidence for the...
+
Lesson Plan
Field Museum

The Case of Darwin's Finches

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
One of the most striking pieces of evidence for Darwin's Evolution of Species was his observations of finches and how their beaks differed from island to island, depending on their primary food sources. So what would happen to the theory...
+
Activity
Novelinks

The Hobbit: Concept/Vocabulary Analysis

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Considering using Tolkien's The Hobbit for book circles or whole-class reading? Check out this packet that provides an overview of the novel, some interesting background materials, and links to additional resources.
+
Lesson Plan
New Class Museum

Lesson: French Revolution and Visual Language of Power

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Take a look at the French Revolution and neo-classic art, then compare it to current social issues and contemporary art. Kids analyze several pieces painted by Jacques-Louis David in regard to style and subject then compare them to...
+
PPT
Curated OER

Evidence of Evolution by Natural Selection

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Being able to test a hypothesis is a scientific must. AP Biology pupils can see the process of hypothesis testing through evidence for evolution as seen in natural selection. Slides contain solid information and excerpts from academic...
+
PPT
Curated OER

Evidence of Evolution by Natural Selection: Testable Hypotheses #2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
These slides will activate prior knowledge with real-life examples of natural selection. The predictions and outcomes for those examples are explained. Your students will like the information about the relevant chromosome tests that can...
+
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Where It Comes From: All About Heredity

For Teachers All
Characteristics are not only inherited, but can be acquired through interactions with the environment.
+
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Explore Your Inner Animals

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Human bodies prove evolution thanks to our genes, bones, and more. Learning about specific body parts and how they evolved from other species helps individuals better understand the transition species that helped us become who we are today.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building Bodies

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners identify key anatomical similarities and differences between great apes and humans. They infer likely anatomical features in ancient human ancestors and list principal anatomical changes in primates necessary for adaptation to...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Peace

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine how African societies view their family and ancestors and settle disputes. They create a spirit doll, and role-play conflict resolution using the ancestor figure dolls.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Village of Painters: Narrative Scrolls from West Bengal

For Teachers K - 12th
Examine the process of making Indian patua-style narrative scrolls. Look closely at the images in the scrolls and have your young artists create an original patua painting. Using ink and watercolors, the class can illustrate their...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Problem Solving in Genetic Disorders

For Teachers 10th - 12th
A class of older and academically mature students are divided into pairs, usually one male and one female and are told that they are expecting a child. Unfortunately, their child may or may not have inherited some form of genetic...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Illusion of Race

For Teachers 7th - 12th
This is mostly an exploration of race through an interactive website, class readings, and discussion. Individuals take an online quiz about race, they answer questions on a worksheet by visiting another website, and discover that race is...

Other popular searches