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Lesson summary for:
It's All Relative

Overview:
In this lesson, students find pictures of living things and arrange them in collages, categorizing them according to which they think are more closely related to which.

Author/Source:
UC Museum of Paleontology

Grade level:
3-5

Time:
One class period

Concepts:

  • There are similarities and differences among fossils and living organisms.

  • Science deals with the natural world and natural explanations.

  • Scientists base their ideas on evidence from the natural world.

  • Scientists study living things and how they are related.

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