Get CLADOGRAMS NOTES as well as a CLADOGRAMS READING to teach students how to read and analyze diagrams to determine evolutionary relationships between species.
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- PRESENTATION: Includes a presentation (in both PPT and Google Slides) with a corresponding Cloze notes worksheet. Students view the presentation as they fill in blanks on the worksheet.
- READING: Includes a 2-page reading designed to introduce students to reading cladograms and phylogenetic trees. Also includes a brief follow-up worksheet.
These activities will teach students:
- How scientists called taxonomists map relationships between species using physical and molecular evidence for evolution
- How to read and interpret cladograms (basic evolutionary trees)
- How to read and interpret phylogenetic trees (showing time and changes)
- Trace common ancestors and shared traits
- Track both living and extinct species
Teacher Notes:
- Answer keys are always provided.
- Please note: the cladograms reading and worksheet is not editable. The notes are fully editable.
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Related Standards:
- NGSS MS-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
- NGSS MS-LS4-2: Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
