Institute Resources
PDF files of "Story Cards" Card 1, Card 2, Card 3, Card 4, Card 5, Card 6, Card 7, Card 8, Card 9, Card 10, Card 11, Card 12, Card 13
Understanding By Design Lesson Plan Format (PDF, Word)
Galapagos Tortoises (handout. PDF, Word)
Assignments
Day 1
Comparing Ideas in Evolution (Word, PDF) - Read excerpts from Lamarck, Wallace and Darwin. Answer the bulleted questions after each excerpt
Day 2
What Did T-Rex Taste Like? (web-based activity on phylogenetic trees from the University of California Museum of Paleontology)
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General Resources
Excerpts from On the Origin of Species w/ link to full text
Understanding Evolution for Teachers(Berkeley University)
Online Course for Teachers: Teaching Evolution(PBS)
Dolan DNA Learning Center (excellent tutorials on DNA and genetics)
American Museum of Natural History Resources for Learning - Biology (lesson plan archive)
Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes (lesson plan archive)
Evolution & Classification Lab (by Robert P. Gendron. Grades 8 and up) PDF Word
Teaching About Evolution & the Nature of Science(online book, National Academies Press)
Human Evolution from PBS
Human Evolution from Palomar Community College
Evolution: What is Life's History on Earth? from ActionBioScience
DNA & GENETICS
DNA From the Beginning from the Dolan DNA Learning Center. A fantastic and very thorough resource.
How Cells Divide: Mitosis vs Meiosis from Nova Online "Life's Greatest Miracle"
DNA Extraction Protocol (pdf)
PUNNETT SQUARES
Breeding Albino Lemming. Interactive website. Requires Flash
Drag and Drop Genetics (Note: when typing in answers, you must include "%" sign)
Practice?
Practicing Punnett Squares worksheet
NATURAL SELECTION
Natural Selection from Berkeley University's Understanding Evolution website
Darwin's Evolution Game from the Science Channel Online
PHYLOGENETIC TREES/ CLADISTICS/CLADOGRAMS
How To Read a Phylogenetic Tree from Berkeley University
Understanding Cladistics from the American Museum of Natural History
Cladistics - with a short interactive
What Did T.Rex Taste Like?
Statistical Analysis
Evotutor - Java applets with graphic/statistical models