FROM: SOCIETY FOR INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
UPDATE ON PBS EVOLUTION SERIES IN SEPTEMBER

Watch the Evolution Series!

I trust most of you are aware of the four-part series on Evolution that will be aired on public television channels from 8 to 10 pm on September 24-27, 2001. Some SICB members have been advisors for the series since its inception; others have been consultants along the way. The series promises to be a magnificent vehicle for public education, as well as classroom-based instruction at all levels. To accompany the series, a companion book by Carl Zimmer ("Evolution--The Triumph of an Idea") will be published. Also, a diversity of multi-media materials have been prepared, including a teacher's guide, an evolution library (web access to multimedia resources), videos for students, teaching evolution case studies, an online course for high school teachers, and online lessons for students. Please see WBGH's Website (http://www.pbs.org/evolution) for information about the series and these items. I expect that there will be several thousand biologists and other scientists watching the series; I hope that it enjoys a much larger audience from a public that will find it persuasive because of its rich and well-conveyed content. At least I know where lots of us will be on the evenings of September 24-27---glued to the TV!

Best wishes,

Marvalee H. Wake
President, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

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