Cultivating Deeper Learning in Science: HS – Environmental Evolution

Students use a rat simulation model to explore how environmental changes impact species adaptation and evolution.

Next Generation Science Standards · High School

HS-LS4-5Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in: (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species.

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Cultivating Deeper Learning in Science: HS – Environmental Evolution

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Massachusetts DESE

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Massachusetts DESE 17:33

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