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Sacred Text Archive

The Descent of Man Full Text

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has the complete text of Charlies Darwin's "Descent of Man."
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PBS

Pbs: Biogeography Polar Bears and Penguins

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Evidence for Evolution Library at PBS, this is a short article about biogeography. The distribution of animals is one source of evidence for Darwin's descent with modification.
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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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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Robert Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
(1890-1882) Naturalist known for his theories of Evolution and Natural selection
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:how Does Evolution Work?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Complete a hands-on lab simulation of natural selection to learn how it impacts a breeding population. Perform an online laboratory simulation and examine the interplay between natural and sexual selection in a population.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Urbanization 1870 1900: Change Reflected in Thought and Writing

For Students 11th - 12th
American writers and intellectuals played an important role in articulating the changes taking place in Industrial America in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Learn about some of the prominent writers, scientists, and philosophers at that...
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Alfred Russel Wallace

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete resource including a biography, chronology, examples of Wallace's published work, quotes, and interviews.
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Historical Thinking Matters: The Scopes Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
This award-winning site has everything you need for online lessons or independent study about the Scopes Trial. Uses an inquiry based approach with lots of primary sources, and the material can be used in conjunction with almost any...
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Ideas in Science: Theories, Hypotheses, and Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module looking at scientific explanations. Discussion covers theories and how they develop, some well-known theories and their origins, and how theories are revised and refined. Also, covers hypotheses and laws. The three...
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Texas A&M University

Peer Curricula: Story Time: Thomas H. Huxley

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of the remarkable life of Thomas Huxley, who began his life in abject poverty, but through self-education and dedication, became a star in world science.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Thomas Hunt Morgan

For Students 9th - 10th
The site promotes the importance of Morgan and his experiments in genetics with fruit flies on the field of biology.
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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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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Charles Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a black and white photo of Charles Darwin, a legendary scientist famous for his work on evolution and natural selection. Check out our Charles Darwin facts page for more information.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
An English naturalist who established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry. He proposed the theory of natural selection and evolution.
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Read Works

Read Works: When Fish First Walked

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about natural selection and its role in the theory of evolution. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Digital History

Digital History: Scopes Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating look at the Scopes Trial in Tennessee where a science teacher was accused of violating a state law which prohibited the teacing of evolution. Perhaps the most interesting part of this article is the discussion of the...
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Strange Science: Charles Lyell

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of Charles Lyell and his work "The Principles of Geology" which includes the concept of uniformitarianism. A description of his views on evolution and a comparison to Charles Darwin.
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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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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: A Plant's Eye View

For Students 9th - 10th
What if human consciousness isn't the end-all be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view. [17:29]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why the Insect Brain Is So Incredible

For Students 9th - 10th
Charles Darwin called the brain of the ant "one of the most marvelous atoms of matter in the world." Anna Stockl takes us inside the tiny but mighty insect brain. [4:22]
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Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Development of Evolutionary Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Using diagrams and descriptive illustrations, this college-level biology reference book discusses the development of evolutionary theory.
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University of California

Ucmp: Are Birds Really Dinosaurs?

For Students 9th - 10th
A great essay that illustrates how science is done as well as the relationship between dinosaurs and modern birds. Includes a picture to illustrate this concept, and contains many links to related sites.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Sexual Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a site on the topic of sexual selection, including an image and a description of one of the most famous types of sexual selection.
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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.

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