BIOL 595e Teaching Evolution Purdue

Birds, Beaks, and Natural SelectionA Simulation Objective Students will learn about the role of mutations in natural selection and evolution. Time This lesson was designed for two to three 50-minute periods. Materials Teaching Evolution Case Studie

Ken Bingman Lesson Plan Objective The objectives of this lesson are to identify evolution topics, identify students preconceptions and misunderstandings about evolution, to create a classroom climate that encourages risk-taking, and to develop studen

COMPARATIVE EMBRYOLOGY: THE VERTEBRATE BODY Even before Darwin proposed the theory of evolution through natural selection, Ernst von Baer claimed that the more closely related any two species are, the more similar their development. His treatise (182

Unit 7 Evolution TV Show What About God? Dealing with Controversy I Online Student Lesson 7 Why Is Evolution Controversial? Students explore why evolution has always been a controversial topic. n the mid-1990s, a conict over the teaching of evolut

MOLECULAR CLOCKS: PROTEINS THAT EVOLVE AT DIFFERENT RATES The longer two species have been evolving separately, the more amino acid differences accumulate in their proteins. Amino acid changes reflect mutations in the genes. The basic mutation rate i

CONVERGENCE: MARSUPIALS AND PLACENTALS Marsupials in Australia and placental mammals in North America provide another example of convergent evolution. These two subclasses of mammals have adapted in similar ways to a particular food supply, locomotor

Unit 4 How Does Evolution Work? Evolution TV Show Why Sex? F At a Glance Learning Goals Recognize the importance of sexual reproduction for variability in organisms Understand the process of natural selection and how it accounts for adaptations in

Unit 2 Who Was Charles Darwin? Evolution TV Show Darwins Dangerous Idea At a Glance Learning Goals Understand how Darwin used the processes of science to support his theory Distinguish between articial and natural selection Recognize Darwins con

ADAPTIVE RADIATION: MAMMALIAN FORELIMBS The variety of forelimbs - the bat\'s wing, the sea lion\'s flipper, the elephant\'s supportive column, the human\'s arm and hand - further illustrates the similar anatomical plan of all mammals due to a shared anc