Cladograms Amoeba Sisters Video Handout

This Cladograms Amoeba Sisters video handout worksheet was made to accompany the Intro to Cladograms and Phylogenetic Trees video made by the Amoeba Sisters on YouTube. In this video, students will explore how to build and interpret cladograms, identify shared traits, and understand how scientists use these diagrams to show possible evolutionary relationships among organisms.

This is not your average video worksheet!

All of my Amoeba Sisters video handouts are designed to include:

• An anticipation activity to spark prior knowledge and engage students
• Multiple choice questions in order of the video (not too slow or too fast)
• An independent activity for student practice after the video
• A fun extension activity

Cladograms Amoeba Sisters Video Handout Topics:

• Introduction to cladograms
• Using traits to determine evolutionary relationships
• Difference between shared ancestral and shared derived characteristics
• Identifying nodes, clades, and outgroups on a cladogram
• Concept of parsimony in building cladograms
• Understanding misconceptions
• Differences between cladograms and phylogenetic trees
• Real-world application of molecular evidence
• How cladograms can be rearranged without changing relationships
• Use of cladograms as hypotheses that can change with new data

This is a two-page handout available in PDF and Google Slides. The first page includes a prior knowledge “hook” activity and multiple choice questions that follow the sequence of the video. The second page includes an independent practice activity and optional extension activity.

All video handouts my Amoeba Sisters series include:

• YouTube video link in full, tiny, and QR code formats
• Anticipatory activity to spark prior knowledge and engage students
• Multiple choice questions in order of the video
• Independent practice activity
• Extension activity
• Answer key

*Please note that this Cladograms Amoeba Sisters video handout was not made by the Amoeba Sisters. These handouts are made by Science Is Real and are designated for standard and lower-level biology students.

Your Download Includes:

• 2-page PDF version
• Google Slides version
• Answer key

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