TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

Strand 4: Changes in Ecosystems and Interactions of Organisms with Their Environments
3. Genetic variation sorted by the natural selection process explains evidence of biological evolution
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities Suggested Assessments
Concept A: Evidence for the nature and
rates of evolution can be found in
anatomical and molecular characteristics
of organisms and in the fossil record
a. Compare and contrast common fossils
(i.e., trilobites, ferns, crinoids,
gastropods, bivalves, fish, mastodons)
found in Missouri to organisms that are
present on Earth today.
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a. Students will create fossils by pressing
objects into clay. Classmates take turns
guessing which object made the impressions,
and justifying reasons for that guess. (1.3;
2.3; 2.5; 4.1)
a. Informal assessment.
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