Classroom
Instruction Homework Teaching
About Evolution and the Nature of Science Science
and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of
Sciences, Second Edition Movies,
Animations and Interactive Tutorial Links Darwin's
Origin of Species "Some
books connect so profoundly with the human spirit that they
change the way we see the world." 1.
Evolution CD-through presentation system 2.
Clearvue CD-Evolution 3.
Power Point-Darwin & Evolution 4.
SciAm Video-Galapagos 5.
Great Books Video-The Origin of
Species a.
PBS Evolution Series Video b.
NOVA-The Odyssey of Life 6.
Kimball's Evolution Information 7.
Ontogeny
Recapitulates Phylogeny-A Fraud? 8.
Stephen
Gould on Evolution 9.
Reflections
on a "Warm Little Pond" 10.
Darwin's
Pond 13.
Genome
Sizes Movies,
Animations and Interactive Tutorial Links Evolution
in the RNA World Investigating
the Archaea Part I: Introduction to the Archaea, Life's
'Third Domain' Investigating
the Archaea Part II:Evolution, Mutations, and the Riddle of
the Archaea The
Voyage of the Beagle 1.
Charles
Darwin Research Station,
Galápagos
Research
scientists from around the world visit the Charles Darwin
Research Station to perform research in a wide variety of
areas, such as evolutionary biology, geology, ecotourism,
climatology, and population genetics. 2.
Online
Literature Library: Charles
Darwin
You can read
the complete texts of Darwin's The Descent of Man, The
Voyage of the Beagle, and The Origin of
Species. 3.
UCMP
Exhibit Halls: Evolution
Entrance
The University
of California Museum of Paleontology site is one of the most
understandable and comprehensive on evolution and diversity.
Be sure to take the time to explore its many aspects. This
first link presents the theory of evolution and short,
readable, elementary biographies of 20 or so individuals,
including Erasmus and Charles Darwin, Lamarck, Cuvier, and
Wallace. Useful for historical background, with portraits
and Web links provided. 4.
Learning
from the Fossil Record This minisite
is a nice primer for understanding fossils and
paleontology. Your visit to
The University of California Museum of Paleontology online
exhibit will enable you to explore phylogeny (the family of
life), the geologic time of the organisms that lived, and
the evolutionary thought of the various scientists that
developed the theory of evolution. Extensive information is
tucked away in each of the links on each of the
well-designed pages. Highly recommended. Talk.Origins is
a usenet newsgroup devoted to the debate on biological and
physical origins. Discussions at this interesting site
mainly center on the creation/evolution controversy. It is
definitely pro-evolution but does offer information from
both perspectives. The information contained here is not
always scientifically valid, but it is all part of the
debate. 7.
Five
Major Misconceptions about Evolution (and a
Rebuttal)
This FAQ of the
Talk.Origins Archive lists what many evolutionists believe
to be the five most common misconceptions about evolution.
There is also a link to a creationist rebuttal. This is an
excellent place to begin to understand the
debate. 8.
Stewart
Valley Fossil Insects
This site takes
you on a tour of Nevada's Stewart Valley as it appears
today, and it gives the history of the valley by analyzing
fossils. The images and text show how fossils are used in
the study of evolution. Some of the vocabulary is somewhat
technical. With some modification this site could be used by
students of all levels. The images are excellent and the
text elucidates scientific inquiry. 9.
Teaching
about Evolution and the Nature of Science
This is an
excellent resource for teachers of evolution. It includes an
analysis of why evolution should be taught and a list of
classroom activities. Each activity is designed to take
students through steps in scientific inquiry: engage
(start), explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate. Critical
thinking skills can be acquired in these exercises.
10.
The
C. Warren Irvin, Jr., Collection of Charles Darwin and
Darwiniana This unique and
interesting collection from the University of South Carolina
has been formed to carefully reflect Darwin's writings and
interests and to place them in context with those of his
peers and predecessors. 11.
Tree
of Life David and Wayne
Maddison sponsor this site at the University of Arizona. It
aspires to show the phylogeny of all life (or as much of
life as possible), but it is as yet very incomplete. The
phylogenies of individual taxa are added from time to time
by expert contributors. From the root page, you can follow
the tree of life by clicking on taxonomic names (there is no
information for the other names). The site also includes
references, Web links, and illustrations for some
taxa. Take a virtual
tour of the Galápagos Islands! This richly
illustrated site contains many high-quality pictures of the
islands and island wildlife. This website,
run by the Coelacanth Rescue Mission, is a comprehensive
archive of information on the coelacanth, the only extant
member of the lobe-finned fishes. The coelacanth, a
400-million-year-old "living fossil," appears to have four
legs. Once thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs,
it was discovered 60 years ago. 14.
Biogeography A short
explanation of what biogeography is and what biogeographers
do. A demonstration
of embryological homologies. Can you distinguish among fish,
chicken, dog, lizard, and human embryos? Test your
knowledge of the evidence of evolution by playing
concentration, word search, or a matching
game. 1.
Industrial
Melanism-Peppered Moth 2.
Peppered
Moth Lab (Kettlewell
Paper)
3.
The
Peppered Moth-An Update 4.
Facial Index-Grasshoppers Lab 1.
The text of
On
the Origin of Species By Means of Natural
Selection 4.
How
Closely Related are Humans and Apes? 5.
Are
Human Beings Still Evolving? 7.
Lennart
Nilsson-Odyssey of Life
Lab
Exam