Hominid CSI

In this project, students will learn more about the human evolution.  They will be assigned a hominid to research.  Ultimately, they will use what facts they can find to hypothesize why they think that it went extinct.  They will use the Internet to gather data and use PowerPoint to present the data.  The students will also use an LCD projector to display their PowerPoint presentation to the class.


Project Materials

1) Hominid CSI (Word Doc | PDF)

2) Evolution (PowerPoint)

3) NOVA - First Steps (Word Doc | PDF)

4) Hominid PowerPoint Presentation Rubric (Excel Sheet)

5) Student expectation of PowerPoints (Word Doc | PDF)

6) List of Hominids (Word Doc | PDF)

7) Australopithecus (PowerPoint)

8) Other PowerPoint:

9) Hominid Exam (Word Doc | PDF)

Click here to download the entire, zipped folder of materials, including Word documents of original materials (1.15 MB).

 

 

Hominid CSI

hominid |ˈhäməˌnid|
noun Zoology

a primate of a family
(Hominidae) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors.


ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Hominidae (plural), from Latin homo, homin- ‘man.’