Fossils and Embryology - Grade 11

Through this fully resourced lesson students will communicate how embryology and fossils provide evidence for evolution. They will first describe how shared features in embryos provide evidence for evolution. They will then go on to explain how homologous and vestigial structures provide evidence for evolution. They will finally infer why transitional fossils are important to studying evolution by exploring derived and ancentral features using the Archaeopteryx as an example. Students will also have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and understanding to exam style questions.