Your Planet Earth

Evolution
(for 7–9 year-olds)

Resources

• Evolution PowerPoint (ppt - 20 MB)
  The presentation is divided into five parts for delivery over several sessions: notes for teachers and presenters are provided within the PowerPoint.

• Part 1. What is Evolution?
  1. Biodiversity
  2. Tree of Life
• Part 2. How was Evolution discovered?
  1. Classical times to Renaissance
  2. Transmutation
  3. Fossils and strata
  4. Darwin's Voyage
  5. Survival of the fit enough
  6. Famous debate (Wilberforce vs. Huxley)
  7. Genetics
  8. Opposition
  9. Creation vs. Evolution
• Part 3. How does Evolution work? Mechanisms
  1. Genes
  2. DNA
  3. Mutations
  4. Variation
  5. Natural selection
  6. Peppered moth
  7. Microevolution
  8. Macroevolution
  9. London mosquito
• Part 4. Brain Challenge.
  1. Variation in Human Traits
• Part 5. Evidence for Evolution.
  1. Biochemistry
  2. Similar genes
  3. Comparative anatomy
  4. Homology
  5. Vestigial structures
  6. Fossil record
  7. Transitional fossils
  8. Geography
  9. Antibiotic resistance

• Activity sheets
Activity sheets will be added later.

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