Classification Lesson Plans
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Fingerprint Classification Lesson Plan
Worksheet
Students use fingerprints to learn how to create a classification system.NGSS Standard
Published by Shannan Muskopf High School
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Dinosaur Evolution Project Lesson Plan (PDF)
Lesson Plan (DOCX) with Membership
Project
Students pretend to evolve a dinosaur using Darwin's principles of evolution and watch how the dinosaur adapts to an environmental change. This is a very comprehensive project including natural selection, adaptations, chromosome and point mutations, gene pools, isolation, Mendel genetics, protein synthesis, fossils, ecology, competition,and speciation.NGSS Standard
HS-LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
HS-LS4.B: Natural Selection
HS-LS4.C: Adaptation
Published by NGSS Life Science High School
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Interpreting Graphics - Taxonomy Lesson Plan
Worksheet
Using a concept map, students interpret how how animals are related.NGSS Standard
HS-LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
Published by Shannan Muskopf High School
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Dichotomous Key Lesson Plan
Worksheet
Students practice using keys on an imaginary creature (Norns).NGSS Standard
HS-LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
Published by Shannan Muskopf High School
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Invertebrate Diversity Student Handout
Teacher Notes
Experiment
Students compare basic characteristics of earthworms, snails, and several arthropods, all of which can be purchased at low cost from local pet stores.NGSS Standard
HS-LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
Published by Ingrid Waldron and Jennifer Doherty High School
More Classification lesson plans are in the works.