This set of 10 research cards is designed to be used in the upper elementary Montessori classroom. Each card provides questions that are aimed at helping students employe knowledge based research to analyze, synthesize, evaluate, apply, and comprehend. This set picks up from the Cenozoic and contains cards for each of the following hominids: Ardipithecus ramidus, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus robustus, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens sapiens. A section on the core standards applicable to these research cards is included.
