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Great Transitions: The Origin of Tetrapods Instructional VideoGreat Transitions: The Origin of Tetrapods Instructional Video
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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6th - 12th
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Science
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Instructional Videos
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17:12
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Great Transitions: The Origin of Tetrapods

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This Great Transitions: The Origin of Tetrapods instructional video also includes:
  • At a Glance Film Guide
  • Explore Your Inner Animals
  • Skeletons Reveal Human and Chimpanzee Evolution
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The featured movie focuses on the ancestry of our four-footed friends. Find the fundamental pattern of their limbs and vertebrae in fossils of fish. After viewing, biology learners can enjoy interactive websites to zoom in on the relationship between the human frame and that of related animals.

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Concepts

human ancestry, humans, evolution, the theory of evolution, fossils

Additional Tags

origin of species, evolution, tiktaalik, fossils, human ancestry, science

Pros

  • Tremendous interactive websites are provided for deeper exploration of evolution 
  • See the film guide for how the lesson can meet Next Generation Science Standards

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  • None

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