ERIC Number: EJ876507
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-May
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-1539-2422
Evolution Kills: A Web Resource for Instructors of Evolutionary Biology
Vondrasek, Joanna R.; Antonovics, Janis; Taylor, Douglas R.
Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, v30 n2 p3-8 May 2004
We have developed a laboratory course that demonstrates how evolution can be taught as a participatory, investigative science at the undergraduate college or advanced secondary high school level. The course emphasizes the applied importance of evolution to areas such as medicine and agriculture. Because many instructors face budgetary or other constraints, we have developed labs that can be run with minimal resources and a wide range of possible materials. To provide access to these materials, we have created a website aimed at instructors of evolutionary biology (http://www.evolutionkills.org OR http://www.faculty.virginia.edu/evolutionlabs). Included on the website are detailed descriptions of the course materials, a database of other articles describing laboratory and field exercises in evolution, and links to other sources of information pertinent to the teaching of evolution. We believe that this website provides a much needed resource for instructors of evolution and encourages inquiry-based learning approaches to the study of evolutionary biology at the undergraduate level. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Field Instruction, Evolution, Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Laboratories, Biology, Internet, Web Sites, Computer Uses in Education, College Science, Secondary School Science, High Schools, Scientific Concepts, Access to Information
Association of College and Biology Educators. Web site: http://acube.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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