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Standards
The Arthropod Story meets the following national standards:
Life Science, Content Standard C: Biological Evolution
- Species evolve over time.
- The great diversity of organisms is the result of more than 3.5 billion years of evolution that has filled every available niche with life forms.
- The millions of different species of plants, animals, and microorganisms that live on Earth today are related by descent from common ancestors.
- Biological classifications are based on how organisms are related. Organisms are classified into a hierarchy of groups and subgroups based on similarities, which reflect their evolutionary relationships.
- Biological evolution accounts for the diversity of species developed through gradual processes over many generations.
- Species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation, which involves the selection of naturally occurring variations in populations.
You may want to look at the complete National Science Education Standards.
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