Just Released! February 2007
(Companion to Evolutionary Science and Society: Activities for the Classroom 2004; see below)
This CD contains a set of engaging activities that align with the 2005 Evolution Symposium organized by BSCS, AIBS, and NABT, which brought together leading experts and provided science teachers with a fascinating review of the philosophical issues surrounding the teaching of evolution and a broad update on current evolutionary science content related to the environment.

On this CD, you'll find six major sections and 12 complete classroom activities, including copymasters (all in printable PDF format). Evolution and the Environment: Activities for the Classroom 2005 brings to life the intimate relationship between evolution and the environment.

Each activity contains: background information relating to scientific content | a correlation with the National Science Education Standards | a list of materials and equipment required | all required copymasters.

ALSO, see Evolution Science & Society: Activities for the Clasroom 2004 (Book and CD, $40)

For a look at the contents of these two sources, see below.

To order your copy ($25), or the Science & Society Activities ($40), visit the BSCS eStore,

If you try any of these activities, and they work well in your classes, let us know here.

CONTENTS of Evolution & Environment: Activities for the Classroom 2005

Part 1: The Diversification of Flowering Plants: Key Innovations and Radiations
Activity 1: A Closer Look at Cladistics
Activity 2: Step in Speciation

Part 2: The Role of Climatic Change in the Evolution of Mammals
Activity 3: Organisms and their Niches
Activity 4: Yarrow Populations and Adaptations
Activity 5: Fossils Tell a Story

Part 3: Evolution and Diversification in the Tropical Crop, Cassava
Activity 6: DNA Sequence and Classification
Activity 7: Evolving Around the World

Part 4: Amphibian Population Declines and Some Misconceptions about Natural Selection
Activity 8: Adaptive Radiation and Convergence

Part 5: Ecological Change Drives Evolutionary Diversification: A Case Study with Caribbean Lizards
Activity 9: Humans and Diversity
Activity 10: Variation within a Species

Part 6: When Humans Create Rapid Evolution by Changing the Environment
Activity 11: Insecticide Resistance
Activity 12: Superbugs: An Evolving Concern

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Contents of Evolutionary Science & Society: Activities for the Classroom 2004
AIBS and BSCS To order this ($40), go to the BSCS eStore

ACTIVITIES
Part 1: Introduction to Evolutionary Thinking
Activity 1: Scientists, Theories, and Evolution
Activity 2: Biology in the Light of Evolution
Activity 3: Past and Present Explanations for Diversity, Unity, and Adaptation
Activity 4: Modeling Earth's History

Part 2: The Tree of Life
Activity 5: Fossils Tell a Story
Activity 6: From Landlubber to Leviathan: Exploring the Origin of Whales

Part 3: How Evolution Works
Activity 7: The Meaning of Genetic Variation
Activity 8: Natural Selection
Activity 9: Alike, but Not t he Same
Activity 10: Investigating Evolution by Artificial Selection

Part 4: Evolutionary Science: Advancing Public Health
Activity 11: Invitation to Inquiry: Outbreak!
Activity 12: Superbugs: An Evolving Concern
Activity 13: Evolution in a Microcosm
Activity 14: Mining the Genome

Part 5: Evolutionary Science: Advancing Societal Well-Being
Activity 15: Invitation to Inquiry: Invasion!
Activity 16: Invitation to Inquiry: Confusing Cats - The Florida Panther
Activity 17: Ways of Knowing

EDUCATION PANELS: Short Essays to Inform Teaching
Education Panel 1: Teaching the Scientific and Philosophical Foundations of Evolution
Panel A: Learning the Lay of the Religious and Political Land - Barbara Forrest
Panel B: Problems with Teaching, Learning, and Creationism - Brian Alters

Education Panel 2: Teaching the Tree of Life
Panel C: Tending the Tre of Life in the High School Garden - Mark Terry
Panel D: The instructuional Role of Scientific Theory - Lawrence C. Scharmann
Panel E: Tre Thinking and Reasoning about Change Over Deep Time - Sam Donovan

Education Panel 3: Teaching the Mechanisms of Evolution
Explore Evolution: A Museum Collaborative for Teaching How Evolution Works - Judy Diamond
Education Panel F: Exploratory Evolution Education: Engaging Students in Investigating Evolutionary Processes, Products, and Principles - John R. Jungck, Stacey Kiser, and Ethel D. Stanley

Education Panel 4: Teaching Evolution's Importance for Public Health
Panel G: Implications for Public Health, Drug discovery, and the Environment - Lori Zaikowski
Panel H: Evolution's Importance for Public Health: Darwinian Medicine Resources - Randolph M. Nesse
Panel I: Teaching Evolution's Importance for Public Health - Betsy Ott

Education Panel 5: Teaching evolution's Importance for Society
Panel J: Learning about the Nature of Science and Scientific Evidence to Understand Evolution - Jay B. Labov
Panel K: Understanding Evolution: An Evolution Web site for Teachers - Anastasia Thanukos & Judy Scotchmoor