Understanding Evolution for Teachers
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| Audience/Grade: | High School Junior -College Sophomore 11-College Sophomore |
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Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Biological Systems and Agricultural Engineering Geological Engineering Life Sciences |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Tutorial |
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Unknown |
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Organization:Museum of Paleontology, University of California |
| Description: | Understanding Evolution is a non-commercial, education website, teaching the science and history of evolutionary biology. This site is here to help you understand what evolution is, how it works, how it factors into your life, how research in evolutionary biology is performed, and how ideas in this area have changed over time. Original content At the heart of Understanding Evolution are our feature articles, highlighting all aspects of evolution science. Our content is written for a general audience — everyone will find something interesting to read. To give you an idea of the variety, we have: * Evolution 101 — an in-depth, multi-part course that takes you through evolutionary theory and mechanisms, from definitions to details, natural selection to genetic drift, mutations to punctuated equilibrium. * The arthropod story — an interactive investigation that's great for students, exploring the arthropods and their evolutionary history * Battling bacterial evolution — a research profile of Carl Bergstrom's work fighting against antibiotic resistant bacteria * Aloha — spider style! — a research profile of Rosemary Gillespie's work with Hawaiian happy-face spiders * Survival of the sneakiest — a comic strip about a male cricket as he tries to attract a mate * Similarities and differences: Understanding homology and analogy — an interactive investigation that explains what homologies and analogies are, how to recognize them, and how they evolve * Fire ants invade and evolve — Understanding the evolution of fire ants may help scientists control the spread of these pests, which have already taken over much of the U.S. * The history of evolutionary thought — see how the study of Earth's history, life's history, mechanisms of evolution, and development and genetics has contributed to our current understanding of evolution. There is also a topic directory with browse features. |
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| Keywords: | evolution paleontology history of life genetic variation natural selection |
| Is Component of: |
Understanding Evolution |
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| Intervention(s): |
Faculty development Use of Online Learning Technologies |
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The site has lesson plans organized by age groups: K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Medium |
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| Publication Date: | February 2009 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/home.php |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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