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The Secret Life of Neanderthals
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The Secret Life of Neanderthals

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Subject ScienceLife Science
Grade Level Grades 6-8
Resource Type Activity, Article
Standards Alignment
Next Generation Science Standards
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About This Lesson

SWBAT explain how environmental conditions can favor a certain trait. 

Students read a blog post on how Neanderthals and humans interacted and why evolutionary advantages caused humans to survive until today. Students then do a mini lab with M&M's and construction paper to simulate natural selection

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Natural_Selection_Minilab.pdf

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February 13, 2020
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Heat Islands Article Guide.pdf

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February 13, 2020
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Standards

Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
Margot Hundt
Margot Hundt April 05, 2023
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Lots of typos in your lesson plans. I see "island" spelled wrong right away before even downloading....is there a way to edit these documents? I don't have a PDF editor so a download as a google doc would be incredible.

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