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Lesson summary for...
What did T. Rex Taste Like?
Author/Source: UC Museum of Paleontology |
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| Overview: | In this web-based module students are introduced to cladistics, which organizes living things by common ancestry and evolutionary relationships. |
| Concepts: | This lesson covers the following concepts:- Through billions of years of evolution, life forms have continued to diversify in a branching pattern, from single-celled ancestors to the diversity of life on Earth today.
- The patterns of life's diversity through time provide evidence of evolution.
- Fossils provide evidence of past life.
- There are similarities and differences among fossils and living organisms.
- Scientists pose, test, and revise hypotheses based on research outcomes.
- The story of the evolution of living things is always being refined as we gather more evidence.
- Scientists use anatomical features to infer the relatedness of taxa.
- Classification is based on evolutionary relationships.
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| Grade Level: | 6-8 |
| Time: | Two to four class periods. |
| Teacher Background: | Explore these links for additional information on the topics covered in this lesson: |
| Teaching Tips: | This module was developed for high school students, but has been used successfully with middle school students as well. |
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