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Charles Darwin's Hardware Shop Lesson PlanCharles Darwin's Hardware Shop Lesson Plan
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Charles Darwin's Hardware Shop

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Students construct an evolutionary tree representing specialization, diversity, and selection using easily obtained materials. They use at least twenty pieces of hardware to classify then develop "evolutionary" relationships between the hardware selections.

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evolution, the theory of evolution, diversity, specialization

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diversity, evolution, specialization, science
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Grade
4th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
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