Who Are the Hominins?

All animals, including humans, exist within the larger context of their environment.

What might that context have looked like for some of our human ancestors? In this gallery-based program, students practice observation skills to identify adaptations and participate in rich discussions about diet and habitat.

Ohio’s Learning Standards 

Grade 6

Life Sciences – Cellular to Multicellular 

• Organisms have diverse body plans, symmetry, and internal structures that contribute to their being able to survive in their environments. 

History – Historical Thinking and Skills 

• Multiple-tier timelines can be used to show relationships among events and places. 

Nature of Science – Scientific Inquiry, Practice and Application 

• Think critically and logically to connect evidence and explanations. 

Nature of Science – Science Is a Way of Knowing 

• Science is a way of knowing about the world around us based on evidence from experimentation and observations. 

• Science is a continual process, and the body of scientific knowledge continues to grow and change. 

English Language Arts – Comprehension and Collaboration 

• Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. 

Grade 7

Life Science – Cycles of Matter and Flow of Energy 

• Ecosystems are dynamic in nature; the number and types of species fluctuate over time. Disruptions, deliberate or inadvertent, to the physical (abiotic) or biological (biotic) components of an ecosystem impact the composition of an ecosystem. 

Nature of Science – Scientific Inquiry, Practice and Application 

• Think critically and logically to connect evidence and explanations. 

Nature of Science – Science Is a Way of Knowing 

• Science is a way of knowing about the world around us based on evidence from experimentation and observations.
• Science is a continual process, and the body of scientific knowledge continues to grow and change. 

English Language Arts – Comprehension and Collaboration 

• Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. 

Grade 8

Life Science – Species and Reproduction 

• Fossils provide important evidence of how life and environmental conditions have changed.
• Changes in environmental conditions can affect how beneficial a trait will be for the survival and reproductive success of an organism or an entire species.
• Every organism alive today comes from a long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation. 

Nature of Science – Scientific Inquiry, Practice and Application 

• Think critically and logically to connect evidence and explanations. 

Nature of Science – Science Is a Way of Knowing 

• Science is a way of knowing about the world around us based on evidence from experimentation and observations. 

• Science is a continual process, and the body of scientific knowledge continues to grow and change. 

English Language Arts – Comprehension and Collaboration 

• Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.