Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
The Arthropod Story Lesson PlanThe Arthropod Story Lesson Plan
Publisher
Curated OER
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Lesson Plan

The Arthropod Story

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet

Young scholars learn a number of evolutionary concepts by following the long history of the arthropods and have opportunities to think about arthropod evolution in terms of both opportunities and constraints.

20 Views 32 Downloads
Concepts

evolution, the theory of evolution, arthropods

Additional Tags

arthropod, evolution, science
Show More Show Less

Resource Details

Grade
7th - 12th
Subjects
Science
3 more...
Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
3 days
Instructional Strategy
Research

See similar resources:

Activity

Natural Selection and the Evolution of Darwin's Finches

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Darwin explained the connection between species of finches 150 years before scientists understood DNA. Technology and progressing science proved he was right, yet many struggle to understand how natural selection happens. Scholars use...
6th - 12th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Writing

Guess Who Came to Dinner!

Curated OER
An exceptionally creative approach is taken to assessing your biologists' grasp of natural selection concepts. They are to imagine hosting Charles Darwin for dinner and having, to their surpise, a few other noted scientists crash the...
9th - Higher Ed Science
Instructional Video

Complex Animals: Annelids and Arthropods

Crash Course
Introduce your class to the importance of segmentation in evolutionary history with a video that explain how segmentation permitted the development of complex animals. The narrator analyzes examples of annelids and arthropods in...
13 mins 9th - 12th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

The Evolution of Humans

FuseSchool
We've come a long way! Biology scholars travel back to the big bang, then follow the path of the simple organisms that led to modern Homo sapiens through an engaging Fuse School Evolution video. Content includes key events in our...
6 mins 9th - 12th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

The Evolutionary Epic: Crash Course Big History #5

Crash Course
In the timeline of history, Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rex lived further apart from each other than Tyrannosaurus rex and humans. The fifth Crash Course-Big History video in a series of 16 introduces the concept of evolution. It...
15 mins 9th - Higher Ed Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

Evolution Primer #7: Why Is Evolution Controversial Anyway?

Curated OER
Why do some people think evolution is a controversial topic? This video does a wonderful job of explaining the controversy around evolution in an unbiased way. Showing the source of controversy from both a scientific and religious...
7 mins 9th - 12th Science
Lesson Plan

Creative Ways To Teach Evolutionary Concepts

Curated OER
Research how DNA, the genetic blueprint of living organisms, plays an essential role in the continuity of life. High schoolers will summarize how their influence may very well effect the destiny of the population from one generation to...
9th - 12th Science
Activity

University of California Museum of Paleontology: The Arthropod Story

University of California
Go back in time to discover the evolutionary story of the arthropod and what this phylum of the animal kingdom looks like today.
9th - 10th Science
Instructional Video

The Evolution of Animal Genitalia

TED-Ed
Explore the evolutionary changes to the sexual reproductive organs. Their shapes and functions are more complex than one would think! Scholars learn about several unique reproductive practices and how these organs contribute to courtship...
6 mins 9th - 12th Science
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Comparing Theories: Lamarck and Darwin

Curated OER
Students compare the evolution theories of Lamarck and Darwin. They use self-assessment and a video to increase their knowledge of evolution theories. They research questions and present them to the class.
9th - 12th Science
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use