The rise and fall of the mammoths
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A lesson plan for Grade 8 Science
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- Appropriate grades
- 8
- Subjects
- science (biology and life science, natural history)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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This Science NetLinks lesson is designed to help students develop an understanding of the evolution of species. Specifically, students will use web resources to explore the evolution and extinction of the wooly mammoth.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 8
- Goal 5: The learner will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of evidence of evolution in organisms and landforms.
- Objective 5.01: Interpret ways in which rocks, fossils, and ice cores record Earth's geologic history and the evolution of life including:
- Geologic Time Scale.
- Index Fossils.
- Law of Superposition.
- Unconformity.
- Evidence for climate change.
- Extinction of species.
- Catastrophic events.
- Objective 5.02: Correlate evolutionary theories and processes:
- Biological.
- Geological.
- Technological.
- Objective 5.03: Examine evidence that the geologic evolution has had significant global impact including:
- Distribution of living things.
- Major geological events.
- Mechanical and chemical weathering.
- Objective 5.01: Interpret ways in which rocks, fossils, and ice cores record Earth's geologic history and the evolution of life including:
