Change over time
Subtitle: how populations and species change
By: developed in cooperation with Denver Museum of Natural History
Contributors: Scholastic Inc
Series: Scholastic science place; Scholastic science place
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9780590277068
Subjects: Life sciences; History; Population; Juvenile literature; Evolution; Study and teaching (Elementary)
Other titles: How populations and species change
Notes: "A student's map to exploration developed in cooperation with Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colorado"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes glossary and index.

Grade 5.
Table of contents: title: That's life! : Using scientific methods; title: Fossils provide evidence that many species that once inhabited the Earth have become extinct. What are fossils? ; How do fissils form? ; How can you decide which fossils are older? ; How do fossils show the history of Earth's species?; title: Changes in the environment or human intervention can result in changes in the characteristics of a population, which are passed on to succeeding generations. What happened to the dinosaurs? ; What affects the size of a population? ; How do members of a population differ and compete? ; How are traits passed from parents to offspring? ; What is artificial selection?; title: Variation and natural selection have resulted in the evolution of new species. How are species selected naturally? ; How could new species develop? ; How are species related to each other? ; Are species changing today?; title: Think tank : designing future organisms exploration lab. Identify problems ; Find solutions ; Make madels.