Evolution vocabulary
Use technical vocabulary for evolution and natural selection — adaptation, evolution, natural selection, extinct, extinction, fossil record, species, common ancestor, mutation, variation — and explain the mechanism of natural selection using these terms in the correct sequence
Typical age: 10–11 years
“Can your child explain in their own words why giraffes have long necks — using words like 'adaptation' or 'natural selection' rather than just 'so they can reach leaves'?”
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