• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 6-8] An organism's features reflect its evolutionary history.
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 6-8] There is a fit between organisms and their environments, though not always a perfect fit. (LS4.C)
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 6-8] Fossils provide evidence of past life. (LS4.A)
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 6-8] The fossil record contains organisms with transitional features.
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 6-8] The sequence of forms in the fossil record is reflected in the sequence of the rock layers in which they are found and indicates the order in which they evolved. (LS4.A)
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 6-8] There are similarities and differences among fossils and living organisms. (LS4.A)
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 6-8] All life forms share fundamental similarities. (LS4.A)
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 6-8] Anatomical similarities of living things reflect common ancestry. (LS4.A)
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 6-8] There are similarities in the cell function of all organisms.
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 6-8] Artificial selection provides a model for natural selection. (LS4.B)
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 6-8] People selectively breed domesticated plants and animals to produce offspring with preferred characteristics. (LS4.B)
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] An organism's features reflect its evolutionary history.
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] There is a fit between organisms and their environments, though not always a perfect fit. (LS4.C)
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] The fossil record provides evidence for evolution.
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] The fossil record documents the biodiversity of the past.
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] The fossil record contains organisms with transitional features.
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] There are similarities and differences among fossils and living organisms.
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] Similarities among existing organisms provide evidence for evolution. (LS4.A)
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] Anatomical similarities of living things reflect common ancestry. (LS4.A)
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] There are similarities in the cell function of all organisms. (LS4.A)
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] Artificial selection provides a model for natural selection.
• [Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] People selectively breed domesticated plants and animals to produce offspring with preferred characteristics.
• [Nature of science: Grades 6-8] Scientific knowledge is open to question and revision as we come up with new ideas and discover new evidence. (P6, NOS3)
• [Nature of science: Grades 6-8] Scientists test their ideas using multiple lines of evidence.
• [Nature of science: Grades 6-8] Scientists use multiple research methods (experiments, observations, comparisons, and modeling) to collect evidence. (P2, P3, P4, NOS1)
• [Nature of science: Grades 6-8] Scientists can test ideas about events and processes long past, very distant, and not directly observable.
• [Nature of science: Grades 9-12] Scientific knowledge is open to question and revision as we come up with new ideas and discover new evidence. (P4, P6, NOS3)
• [Nature of science: Grades 9-12] Scientists test their ideas using multiple lines of evidence. (P6, NOS2)
• [Nature of science: Grades 9-12] Scientists use multiple research methods (experiments, observational research, comparative research, and modeling) to collect data. (P2, P3, P4, NOS1)
• [Nature of science: Grades 9-12] Scientists can test ideas about events and processes long past, very distant, and not directly observable.
• [Studying evolution: Grades 6-8] Scientists use anatomical features to infer the relatedness of taxa. (LS4.A)
• [Studying evolution: Grades 6-8] Scientists use multiple lines of evidence to study life over time.
• [Studying evolution: Grades 6-8] Scientists use fossils to learn about past life. (LS4.A, ESS1.C)
• [Studying evolution: Grades 6-8] Scientists use geological evidence to establish the age of fossils.
• [Studying evolution: Grades 6-8] Scientists use artificial selection as a model to learn about natural selection. (P2)
• [Studying evolution: Grades 9-12] Our understanding of life through time is based upon multiple lines of evidence.
• [Studying evolution: Grades 9-12] Scientists use anatomical evidence to infer the relatedness of taxa. (LS4.A)
• [Studying evolution: Grades 9-12] Scientists use fossils (including sequences of fossils showing gradual change over time) to learn about past life.
• [Studying evolution: Grades 9-12] Scientists use physical, chemical, and geological evidence to establish the age of fossils.
• [Studying evolution: Grades 9-12] Scientists use the geographic distribution of fossils and living things to learn about the history of life.
• [Studying evolution: Grades 9-12] Scientists use experimental evidence to study evolutionary processes.
• [Studying evolution: Grades 9-12] Scientists use artificial selection as a model to learn about natural selection. (P2)

• Disciplinary Core Idea LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
• Disciplinary Core Idea LS4.B: Natural Selection
• Disciplinary Core Idea ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth
• Disciplinary Core Idea LS4.C: Adaptation
• NOS Matrix understanding category 1. Scientific investigations use a variety of methods.
• NOS Matrix understanding category 3. Scientific knowledge is open to revision in light of new evidence.
• Science and Engineering Practice 2. Developing and using models
• Science and Engineering Practice 3. Planning and carrying out investigations
• Science and Engineering Practice 4. Analyzing and interpreting data
• Science and Engineering Practice 6. Constructing explanations and designing solutions

Class discussion could enhance student learning on this topic.

• Evidence for Evolution