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In the NATURAL SELECTION CER activity, students will visit 8 stations and…
- READ a brief passage on each station card. The station card describes a real-life, interesting example of either natural selection or artificial selection.
- ANSWER reading comprehension questions based on the information from each card.
- Make a CLAIM based on EVIDENCE about whether the example shows artificial selection or natural selection.
In the EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION CER activity, students will…
- READ a short passage that briefly explains one of the types of evidence for evolution.
- ANALYZE a clear diagram, such as embryos, DNA sequence, and homologous structures.
- Make a CLAIM from EVIDENCE in the diagram. Each section has a question to answer. Students use evidence in the text and diagram to answer the question in the form of a claim.
In the FOSSILS CER activity, students will visit 12 stations and…
- READ a brief passage on a real-world application of fossils and the law of superposition.
- ANALYZE information in the text, a simple data table, or a simple graph.
- Make a CLAIM based on EVIDENCE for a question related to the topic.
Related NGSS Content 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.
- NGSS MS-LS4-3: Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
- NGSS MS-LS4-4: Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
- NGSS MS-LS4-5: Gather and synthesize information about technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
- NGSS MS-LS4-6: Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
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