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Parker, Monica – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
In this inquiry-based activity, students catalog external and internal characteristics of four different classes of animals during dissection exercises. On the basis of their accumulated data, students compare and contrast the animals, devise a phylogenetic tree, and provide reasonable characteristics for extinct transitional organisms. (Contains…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Inquiry, Animals, Laboratory Procedures
Baum, David A.; Offner, Susan – American Biology Teacher, 2008
Phylogenetic trees, which are depictions of the inferred evolutionary relationships among a set of species, now permeate almost all branches of biology and are appearing in increasing numbers in biology textbooks. While few state standards explicitly require knowledge of phylogenetics, most require some knowledge of evolutionary biology, and many…
Descriptors: Evolution, Textbooks, State Standards, Biology