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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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