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Lesson plan: Evolution and development of upright walking

The resources in this document can be used in a lesson on the evolution (and development) of the human trait of upright walking, also covering basic concepts in evolution such as natural selection, trait variation, fitness, inheritance. You may combine and integrate elements with your existing classroom materials and other available resources regarding adaptations to upright walking (such as textbook sections, images of skulls and skeletons).

Emphasis is on understanding the interactions between behavior, body features, genes, brain function as well as abiotic, biotic and socio-cultural environmental factors in the causation of this phenotype.

Teaching material type Full lesson plan, Lesson collection

Suitable Grade Levels 6-8, 9-12

Author: Susan Hanisch

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