Tennessee Science Grade 7

Unit 1: Life Science: Cells in Plants and Animals

Flow chart of changes over time

Project Type: Technology
Create an artistic and informative flowchart showing the adaptive changes of an animal over time. Each step should illustrate and explain the changes that took place from the previous step, including relevant time scale. As a class, brain storm possible species to investigate; studies may include size of camels, animals from the sea, soot moths of England , wolves to dogs, bacteria resistant to antibiotics, or farm crops and livestock growth and development.

Alternate Procedure :
Have students create a poster presentation focusing on the adaptation of an animal over time.

Resources:
Visit these sites to help you develop your project.

Resources on animal adaptations

Changes in Fish through time
http://www.lookd.com/fish/evolution.html
http://www.dinofish.com/

Wolves to Dogs
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/canis.html
http://www.nhm.org/exhibitions/dogs/evolution/evolution.html

Peppered Moths
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/search/topicbrowse2.php?topic_id=52

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