Evolution lessons high school

Natural selection is one of my favorite topics to teach. Students enter the classroom with prior misconceptions and it’s fun to have students figure out what natural selection and evolution really mean. Here is a list of my favorite natural selection and evolution activities: 1. Battle of the Beaks– This lab is always a hit! ... Read more

Teaching evolution has always been one of my all-time favorite topics! It's crazy to even type that because I was incredibly intimidated teaching this unit my

Use Hardy Weinberg equilibrium to analyze data of rock pocket mouse populations in the desert. The allele frequency of dark color will increase in populations living on dark substrates.

Natural selection is one of my favorite topics to teach. Students enter the classroom with prior misconceptions and it’s fun to have students figure out what natural selection and evolution really mean. Here is a list of my favorite natural selection and evolution activities: 1. Battle of the Beaks– This lab is always a hit! ... Read more

Looking for some new ideas and activities to teach cladograms and phylogenetic trees? Check out this list below of fun activities and interactive websites. 1. Cladogram Construction: This free activity from Carolina Biological is nice and simple- a great way to introduce cladograms to your students. It has students construct a cladogram and then make ... Read more

Evolution Project Check out this evolution research project! You students will choose an organism and research it’s evolutionary history. This aligns perfectly with all of the Next Generation Science Standards for evolution by natural selection. The evolution worksheet can be downloaded below. The worksheet serves as a guide for students as they research the evolutionary … Continue reading Evolution Research Project →

Engage your Forensics students with the pickle autopsy! Check out how I prep and implement this fun activity into my Forensic Science class.

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Are you looking for a fun natural selection simulation activity for your evolution unit? You are in the right place. “Survival of the Fittest Finch” will not disappoint you nor your students! I did…

Teaching the geologic time scale has always posed a bit of a problem for me in my Biology classes. My students don't need the depth of knowledge that they might get in an Earth Science class. On the other hand, the concept of geologic time and the appearance and evolution of life on Earth is VERY important to my class. One of my most favorite sayings, "Nothing in Biology makes sense except in the light of evolution" (Theodosius Dobzhansky, American Biology Teacher, 1973.) is a mantra in my…