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SESSION 3: What Is the Evidence for Evolution? |
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Resources for SESSION 3 |
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Resources marked with an * are designed to help you teach this topic in your classroom. |
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Teacher's Guide |
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Unit 3: What Is the Evidence for Evolution?* (pdf) |
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Lessons for Students |
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Lesson 3: What Is the Evidence for Evolution?* |
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Videos for Students |
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How Do We Know Evolution Happens?* |
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How Does Evolution Really Work?* |
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Web Activities |
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Deep Time (Flash) | Low-Bandwidth Version |
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All in the Family (Flash) | Low-Bandwidth Version |
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Video Segments |
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Becoming a Fossil |
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Radiometric Dating |
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Permian-Triassic Extinction |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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Whale Evolution |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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Fish with Fingers |
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The Cambrian Explosion |
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View in: QuickTime | RealPlayer |
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Genetic Toolkit |
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Common Pasts, Different Paths |
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TV Series |
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Show 2: Great Transformations |
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Show 3: Extinction! |
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Other Library Resources |
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Biogeography |
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Adaptive Radiation: Mammalian Forelimbs (pdf) |
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Animal Body Plans: Homeobox Genes (pdf) |
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Relationships of Living Species: Calibrating Molecular Clocks (pdf) |
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Molecular Clocks: Proteins That Evolve at Different Rates (pdf) |
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Comparative Embryology: The Vertebrate Body (pdf) |
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Rise of the Mammals |
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External Web Links |
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The Record of Time
http://anthro.palomar.edu/time/default.htm
This is a comprehensive site with tutorials on fossils and dating methods from Palomar College. |
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The Origin of Species
http://www.literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/the-origin-of-species-6th-edition/
This site is the online version of The Origin of Species, 6th edition. |
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The Fossil Record Section
http://www.nap.edu/html/creationism/evidence.html
The National Academy of Sciences Web site includes a report on "Evidence Supporting Biological Evolution." |
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UMCP Topical Index
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/topic.html
This is a topical index of the University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology's online exhibits. |
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Examples from the Fossil Record
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/navgeology.html
This is the Web site of the University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology, Geology Wing. |
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Learning from the Fossil Record
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/
The University of California, Berkeley Museum of Paleontology Web site provides an activity for students on island biogeography and evolution. |
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Zoom Dinosaurs at EnchantedLearning.com
http://www.ZoomDinosaurs.com/subjects/dinosaurs/
The Zoom site features useful information for students and teachers on fossils, including fossilization, dating of fossils, and fossils found on all the continents. |
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BBC Evolution Web site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/darwin/exfiles/index.htm
The BBC site includes information on extinction theories, mass extinction, and bio-diversity. |
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All About Archaeopteryx
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/archaeopteryx/info.html
This is the Talk.Origins Archive site, listing archaeopteryx specimens, features, and variations. |
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Transitional Vertibrate Fossils: Why Do Gaps Exist?
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional/part1a.html#gaps
The Talk.Origins site provides information, questions, and answers on transitional fossils. |
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Distribution of Placental and Marsupial Mammals
http://www.sciam.com/explorations/1998/012698fossil/index.html
The Web site of the Scientific American examines the discovery of a tiny fossilized jawbone. |
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The Distribution of Species Section
http://www.nap.edu/html/creationism/evidence.html#
The National Academy of Sciences report on "Evidence Supporting Biological Evolution" provides examples of biogeography's evidence for evolution. |
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Discovering Dinosaurs
http://www.dinosaurs.eb.com/dinosaurs/index2.html
Encyclopedia Britannica site on dinosaurs explores evolving conceptions of dinosaurs, and provides an activity guide. |
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Palaeontologia Electronica
http://www.omnh.ou.edu/paleo/toc_fm.htm
This online publication and paleontology site provides articles, editorial, and links to other sites. |
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Evidence Supporting Continental Drift
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/index.html
This site provides information on continental drift and plate tectonics from NASA. |
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United States Geological Services
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
The USGS site includes an online book about continental drift, This Dynamic Earth. |
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University of British Columbia Web site
http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~bio336/Bio336/Lectures/Lecture5/Overheads.html
This site includes useful overheads on homologies and evolution. |
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New Evidence from Molecular Biology
http://www.nap.edu/html/creationism/evidence.html
The National Academy of Sciences report on "Evidence Supporting Biological Evolution" provides information on molecular evidence for evolution. |
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National Health Museum's Access Excellence Web site
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1995/simulation_amino.html
The Access Excellence site provides an activity on molecular phylogenies using amino acid sequences to show evolutionary relationships. |
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The Tree of Life
http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html
This site describes phylogeny of organisms. |
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National Center for Biotechnology Information Web site
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
This Web site for the National Center for Biotechnology Information provides current information on genomes. |
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Books |
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Berra, Tim. Evolution and the Myth of Creationism: A Basic Guide to Facts in the Evolution Debate. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1990. |
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Darwin, Charles. Voyage of the Beagle. New York: Penguin Putnam, Inc., 1839 (reprint 1989). |
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Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species. New York City: The Modern Library, 1993. |
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Glen, William, ed. The Mass-Extinction Debates: How Science Works in a Crisis. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1994. |
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Jones, Steve. Darwin's Ghost: The Origin of Species Updated. New York City: Random House, 2000. |
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Lewin, Roger. Patterns in Evolution: The New Molecular View. New York City: Scientific American Library, 1999. |
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Mayr, Ernst. The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982. |
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Miller, Ken. Finding Darwin's God. New York City: Cliff Street Books, 2000. |
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Moore, John. Science As a Way of Knowing: The Foundations of Modern Biology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993. |
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National Research Council. National Science Education Standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996. |
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Strahler, Arthur N. Science and Earth History--The Evolution/Creation Controversy. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1999. |
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Strickberger, Monroe. Evolution. 3d ed. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2000. |
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Wade, Nicholas, ed. The Science Times Book of Fossils and Evolution. New York City: The Lyons Press, 1998. |
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Zihlman, Adrienne. The Human Evolution Coloring Book. 2d ed. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2000. |
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Articles |
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DeRobertis, Eddy M., and Guillermo Oliver, and Christopher V. E. Wright "Homeobox Genes and the Vertebrate Body Plan." Scientific American (July 1990): 46-52. |
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