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Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science (1998)
Board on Science Education (BOSE)

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. "Chapter 7: Selecting Instructional Materials." Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1998.

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Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science

Worksheet 1: General Overview

1. Terms (fundamental concepts)

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evolution

 

 

diversity

 

 

adaptation

 

 

interpreting fossil evidence

 

 

techniques for age determination

 

 

natural selection

 

 

descent from common ancestors

 

 

experiments

 

 

evidence

 

 

explanations

 

 

models

 

 

theory

 

 

skepticism

 

 

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2. Statements of expected student outcomes on evolution and the nature of science

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