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Examining the Fossil Record Lesson PlanExamining the Fossil Record Lesson Plan
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Examining the Fossil Record

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Learners create an evolutionary tree based on fossil morphology and their ages. In this fossil record lesson plan, students are given 23 pictures of fossil. They study their morphology and arrange the fossils by age and structures on a chart with time periods. Learners tape the fossils in place and analyze their results to form a phylogenic tree.

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evolution, the theory of evolution, fossils

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evolution, fossils, gradualism, punctuated equilibrium, relative ages, science
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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