Weblinks for RSO Evolution Unit Study for Early Elementary Grades
It’s all in the genes
Darwin’s theories
When whales walked on four legs
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/when-whales-walked-on-four-legs.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuELkcg5A_c
Earth’s Evolution in 10 Minutes – note that several mass extinctions are discussed, and a potential future mass extinction is discussed at the end. If you’re not ready to discuss this with your student, stop the video at 9:55.
Elodea bubbles in water
Nautilus on the go!
Evolution from fish to Tiktaalik to tetrapod
How coal was formed – the narrator uses some more advanced vocabulary terms, but it is well-explained, and the visuals are good. The last minute is a request for donations to Team Trees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b34al8YmQSA
Suggested place to buy mini ferns and mosses for the terrarium activity
Smithsonian virtual tour
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour
How to use Smithsonian’s virtual tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usraylEJUhA
Shifting of the continents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aavrXK0SnTU
Seven continents song by Hopscotch
Alfred Russel Wallace
https://wallacefund.myspecies.info/
Cephalopod eye
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod_eye
Geologic timescale
Flintknapping kit
Coevolution of flowers and bees – highly recommended
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyvXZcWUbI0
Coevolution of grasses and grazing animals – short videos
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HVxn1Iyl-7w
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2LV5hhNTkIw
A better video for you as an instructor if you’d like more information about convergent evolution versus coevolution, plus examples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDVbt2qQRqs
Coevolution of grazing animals and carnivores – a better resource for you as an instructor, and too fascinating not to include!
https://www.science.org/content/article/world-s-first-animal-was-probably-carnivore
