Darwin used the scientific process to study the evolution of life on
Earth. Help your students understand his process and work.
How Does Evolution Work? (Lesson)
Examine natural selection in a small population of wild rabbits.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/lessons/lesson4/act1.html
Curriculum Connections
Biology, genetics, evolution, natural selection, reproduction,
mutation, emigration, immigration
Standards
Science as Inquiry: Abilities necessary to do scientific
inquiry, Understandings about scientific inquiry;
Life Science: Molecular basis of heredity, Biological
evolution, Interdependence of organisms;
History and Nature of Science: Science as a human endeavor,
Nature of scientific knowledge