About This Lesson
Explore evolution in the Harvard Museum of Natural History’s world-class collections with this gallery activity.
By observing specimens and making inferences, students will investigate evolutionary concepts such as adaptation, speciation, coevolution, and homologous structures.
Recommended for grades 6-8 for use during a museum visit. This activity takes about 45 minutes to complete.
For grades 9-12, use the observation activities described here as a starting place and assign more in-depth analysis questions as is appropriate for your curriculum.
