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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: The Theory of Evolution

For Students 3rd - 9th
This slideshow provides a brief overview of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution, natural selection and survival of the fittest.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Darwin and the Theory of Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will be able to identify important ideas Darwin developed during the voyage of the Beagle, and give examples of his observations that supported those ideas.
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A&E Television

History.com: What Was the Scopes Trial Really About?

For Students 9th - 10th
The Scopes Trial, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was the 1925 prosecution of science teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school, which a recent bill had made illegal. The trial featured two of the...
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Evidence for Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
With this article, students will be able to clarify the significance of a scientific theory and recognize that Darwin supported his theory with a great deal of evidence, and that many kinds of evidence since his time have further...
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Progressive Humanism: Understanding Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Paper from Progressive Humanism focusing on cultural selection in conjunction with Darwin's theory of natural selection.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Charles Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography of Charles Darwin, and how he discovered evolutionary theory and natural selection.
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Story Behind the Science

Story Behind the Science: Alfred Russel Wallace [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of Alfred Russel Wallace, known especially for his theoretical work on evolution, which was published prior to Charles Darwin's own theory. Questions are posed throughout about the nature of scientific research.
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Species, Speciation and the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Institute of Biological Sciences offers this article by Niles Eldredge, evolutionary theorist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History. Eldredge begins with Darwin's theories and summarizes subsequent thought,...
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Evidence of Evolutionary Transitions

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Darwin's theory that all living organisms are connected in some way has been confirmed through intense studies over centuries. Understand the similarities that bond all things living to the same family tree by checking out this...
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Alfred Russel Wallace

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of Alfred Wallace, who is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection; his paper on the subject was jointly published with some of Charles Darwin's writings.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Ernst Mayr

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life and work Ernst Mayr, one of 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists.