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Biology
Biology
LS4-1 Common Ancestry and Evolution
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LS4 1 PHENOMENON
Human evolution video Natural History Museum
What new ideas do you get from the video about human evolution?
What questions do you still need to get answered?
HS-LS4-1
Communicate scientific information that common ancestry and biological evolution are supported by multiple lines of empirical evidence.
Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on a conceptual understanding of the role each line of evidence has relating to common ancestry and biological evolution. Examples of evidence could include similarities in DNA sequences, anatomical structures, and order of appearance of structures in embryological development.
Assessment Boundary: none
Prior Knowledge/Preview
Tracing Life's Roots TGR EDU:Explore
Inquiry science
Printable activity
Darwin and microevolution Section 10 CK-12
On-line Human Evolution Practice activity cK-12
LAB experiments
Lab #1 Thermoregulation in dinosaurs: HHMI analysis activity
Lab #2 Cladogram Bird activity Cornell Inst of Biology Teachers
Lab #3 Phylogeny of dogs and wolves Biology Corner
Aerospace CONNECTIONS:
Applications and examples
EXTENSION material for the curious
Scientists just sequenced the DNA from 400,000 year-old early human Smithsonian Magazine
Human Evolution Timescale cK-12
LS4 1 Unlocking hidden worlds through archaeology SI Learning Lab: see the human family tree uploaded
Dog Domestication Smithsonian Magazine
Investigating the Fossil Record Biology Corner
Mollusk Fossil Ammonite history SI Learning Lab
What it means to be Human: Hall of Human Origins Smithsonian NMNH
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