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Ck 12: Episd: Natural Selection
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand what natural selection is and how it works and explain how new species originate.
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Seeker: Week of 9 1 14: Five New Monkey Species Found in South America
Learn about the recent discovery of new types of monkeys in Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.
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The Rise of Evolutionary Biology: Biology Before Darwin
These pages are part of a site called "Evolution," that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. Here he discusses theories for species change that were before Darwin published "On the Origin of Species."
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Read Works: Spot the Species
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about several new species of animals found in Papua New Guinea. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Creepy Cave Crawlers
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about twenty-seven new species of insects found in caves in central California. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Mohawk Monkey Discovered
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the highland mangabey, a new species of monkey found in Tanzania. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Under the Sea
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about scientists who believe they have discovered several new species of marine life off the coast of Papua, New Guinea. A question sheet is available to help students build skills...
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Ck 12: Life Science: Microevolution and Macroevolution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Does evolution only happen gradually through small changes? Or is it possible that drastic environmental changes can cause new species to evolve? Or can both small...
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Ck 12: Life Science: Origin of Species
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The creation of a new species is called speciation. Most new species develop naturally. But humans have also artificially created new breeds and species for...
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Evidence for Evolution: Formation of New Species
These pages are part of a site called Evolution that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author. These pages offer an explanation of speciation using reproductive isolation and differences in phenotype.
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Ck 12: Biology: Origin of Species
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how new species evolve.