| Lesson Title (Description) | Grade Level | Lesson Type |
A Step in Speciation
Students compare different subspecies of a California salamander on a grid map of California to focus on patterns of their distribution, their likely evolutionary relationships, and probable sequence of formation from the ancestral salamander. |
9-12 |
Classroom activity |
Anolis Lizards
Students "take a trip" to the Greater Antilles to figure out how the Anolis lizards on the islands might have evolved. |
9-12 |
Classroom activity |
Modeling Modes of Evolution- PuncEq & Gradualism
Students learn the differences between “gradualism” and “punctuated equilibrium” by manipulating two sets of simulated fossils (Caminalcules). |
9-12 |
Classroom activity |
