Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: How Does Evolution Work?: Breeding Bunnies

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides directions for a lab in which students observe changes in a gene pool of bunnies affected by natural selection. Includes PDF resources.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Quest for the Perfect Tomato

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is your idea of the perfect tomato? Learn about the principles of selective breeding and genetic modification and their contribution to the quest for tomato perfection.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Artificial Selection: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how artificial selection can affect the species in a given area. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Artificial Selection."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Artificial Selection: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how artificial selection can affect the species in a given area. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Artificial Selection."
Handout
University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Evidence by Example

For Students 9th - 10th
The Understanding Evolution website for teachers provides common examples of evolution, especially by artificial selection.
Website
University of Missouri

University of Missouri: Selecting Your Riding Horse

For Students 9th - 10th
Many factors go in to the purchasing of a riding horse. This complete site discusses horse breeds, physical shape and balance, age and size, pedigree, and price.
Unit Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Inheritance of Gene Variations

For Students 9th - 10th
This animated description of George Shull's research of hybridization explains one of the key components of evolution, inheritance of gene variations.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Dragon Science: Food for Thought

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate how geneticists use selective breeding to capitalize on hybrid vigor by using colored chips to represent traits in succeeding generations. Use Explain why farmers must buy new hybrid seed each year.
Article
Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Can You Tell if Any of These Animals Are Transgenic? [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the development of transgenic animals and some potential applications. The field of transgenic animals is very young and still has many hurdles to cross.
Interactive
PBS

Nova: Engineering a Crop

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive simulation allows you to compare selective breeding with transgenic manipulation to see which one produces a better crop.
Website
Harp Week

Harp Week: The Presidential Elections: 1884 Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
The campaign of 1884 was filled with scandals and recriminations from both parties. Read about the conventions that selected presidential candidates and read about the campaigns and election.
Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: James Abram Garfield: Domestic Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
President James Garfield didn't serve long enough to put much of a stamp on domestic affairs, but reading about the selection of his cabinet gives a good window into what his tenure might have been like, and what the rifts in the...
Website
Other

House Rabbit Society: Spaying and Neutering

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a selection of topics on spaying and neutering your pet rabbit. Content explores why it is so important to spay and neuter rabbits, information on the surgery, what questions to ask the vet, and more.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Cow's Digestive System

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how a cow eats and digests food in this video segment from Nature.
eBook
Talk Origins Archive

The Origin of Species, Chapter 14

For Students 9th - 10th
The entire text of Charles Darwin's book, The Origin of Species is available on this site. This link is specifically for the chapter that discusses embryology as evidence for evolution.
Article
PBS

Pbs: Pesticide Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
The chemical arsenal we have developed in an attempt to rid our homes of rodents and our crops of insects is losing its power. We have simply caused pest populations to evolve, unintentionally applying artificial selection in the form of...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Origin of Species

For Students 6th - 8th
[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...
Website
Other

The Pet Bird Page: Parrots

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Pet Bird Page is a site developed to help find, compare, and select breeds of pet parrots as well as inform parrot owners on care, raising, and training of their pet birds.
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: The Meaning of Gametic Isolation

For Students 9th - 10th
Gametic isolation is a form of reproductive isolation that prevents successful breeding between two different species. The mechanism is explained here and examples are provided.
Handout
New York University

Nyu: Darwin's Evidence for Evolution: Embryology

For Students 9th - 10th
Concise description of embryology as evidence for evolution, as used by Darwin.
Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Animal Cloning, Old Mac Donald's Farm Changed

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look into the potential benefits to animal cloning. This process could provide us with food designed to help fight disease, protect endangered species, enhance livestock, and create opportunity for biomedical research.
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Eugenics Movement in the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set explores the eugenics movement to help readers analyze how racism, sexism, classism, and ableism influenced eugenics laws and programs in the United States. Teaching guide included.
Handout
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Happiness Is a Warm Puppy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Investigate behaviors, characteristics and habits of various breeds of dogs, and select a breed of dog that would best fit your lifestyle. Create a picture book from a dog's point of view.
Activity
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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