Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plant Phylogeny

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners examine live potted plants and create a hypothesis regarding their relationships in this upper-level introductory instructional activity on phylogenetic reconstruction using morphological characters. The instructional activity...
eBook
Rice University

Biology for AP® Courses

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
An eight-unit electronic textbook provides a guide to AP® Biology. Each of the 28 chapters include an introduction, multiple lessons, a summary, review questions, and test prep questions. Teachers see how each lesson connects to a big...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

The Tree of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scientists use the Internet to evaluate how organisms are classified. They research the phylogeny of organisms and how they are linked in a certain way. Pupils hone research technology skills with their final presentations.
Whiteboard
Other

Coastal Zone: Plant Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A good slide show which covers the basics of plant evolution. Includes discussion of the major portions of what plants have done to adapt over the eons.
Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Malaria, Algae, Amoeba and You: Eukaryotic Relationships

For Students 9th - 10th
Researchers are considering more recent findings of eukaryotes and their phylogeny. Investigate the insights to understand that there may be more progress found in determining the relationships to other eukaryotes.
Handout
Other

Natural Science: Early Branch of Green Plant Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Recent discovery and theroy that changes the conventional explanation for the evolution of plants.
Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Evolution of Plants

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An extensive coverage of the evolutionary history of plants. Click on a topic in the outline and you'll go to a good discussion on this material.