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Evolution & Nature of Science Links
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Evolution & Nature
of Science Lesson Plans for Teachers
Understanding Evolution; A Evolution Website
for Teachers (UC Berkeley) :
www.evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/Lessons/index.shtml
Evolution and the Nature of
Science Institutes:
www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/main.fr.html
Institute of Human Origins (Arizona State University):
www.becominghuman.org (choose
"Learning Center")
Evolution-A Context for Biology
(Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation/Howard Hughes Medial Institute
for High School Biology Teachers)
www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1995
Integrated Science Curriculum for
9th or 10th Grade
Voyages Through Time; An integrated
science curriculum for the 9th or 10th grade using evolution as a central theme.
Produced by NSF, SETI Institute, NASA, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
State University.
www.voyagesthroughtime.org/
Teaching About Evolution & Nature of Science Related Topics
National Academy of Sciences:
www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/evolution98
Evolution-A Journey into Where We're From and
Where We're Going (PBS/WGBH/Clear Blue Sky Prod.)
www.pbs.org/evolution
BBC (British Broadcasting
Corp.) Evolution Website:
www.bbc.co.uk/education/darwin/index.shtml
The National Academies:
www4.nationalacademies.org/opus/evolve.nsf
UC Berkeley Understanding Evolution Website:
http://www.evolution.berkeley.edu/
Human Evolution
Institute of Human Evolution (Arizona State University):
www.becominghuman.org
(Excellent site)
BBC (British Broadcasting Corp.) Evolution
Website:
www.bbc.co.uk/education/darwin/index.shtml
Human Behavior and Evolution Society:
www.hbes.com
Prominent Hominid Fossils:
www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/specimen.html
Paleontology
University of California (Berkeley) Museum of Paleontology
On-Line:
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Environmental Education Resources:
www.blm.gov/education
Georgia Tech's Busy Teachers Program:
www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/paleo.html
Community Learning Network:
www.cln.org/subjects/paleontology_cur.html
Fossils of the Burgess Shale (Smithsonian Inst.):
www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/shale/index.html
Legal Issues
Relating to the Teaching of Evolution
National Center
for Science Education:
www.natcenscied.org
American Geological Institute:
www.agiweb.org/gap/legis106/evolution.html
Groups
Organized to Advocate Evolution Education
Evolution Education Institute:
www.evolutioneducation.org
National Center for Science
Education:
www.natcenscied.org
American Association for the Advancement of Science:
www.aaas.org/spp/dser/evolution/default.htm
Position
Statements on the Teaching of Evolution
Voices for Evolution (A very comprehensive resource):
www.ncseweb.org/article.asp?category=7
On-Line Books Dealing with
Evolution
The Writings of Charles Darwin on the Web (Almost all of Darwin's writings
indexed to publication vol. & page numbers):
www.pages.britishlibrary.net/charles.darwin/
Book Reviews-
Scientific Reviews of Anti-Evolution Books
National Center
for Science Education:
www.natcenscied.org/mianal.htm
Review of Michael Behe's Book, "Darwin's Black Box":
www.world-of-dawkins.com
Discussion
Groups Treating Evolution and the Nature of Science
Talk Origins:
www.talkorigins.org
Scientific
Approaches/Responses to Claims of the Paranormal/Supernatural
The Skeptic's
Society: www.skeptic.com
The James Randi Foundation:
www.randi.org
The Committee for the Scientific of Claims of
the Paranormal: www.csicop.org/
Important Documents,
Surveys and Opinion Polls Re: Evolution and Evolution Education
National Academy of Sciences (Teaching
About Evolution and the Nature of Science)
www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/evolution98
"Good Science, Bad Science: Teaching Evolution in
the States" (by Thomas B. Fordham Foundation)
www.edexcellence.net/library/lerner/gsbsteits.html
"Evolution and Creationism in Public
Education; An In-Depth Reading of Public Opinion" (by People for the America
Way)
www.pfaw.org/issues/education/creationism-poll.pdf or for those
without Adobe Reader®
www.pfaw.org/issues/education then navigate to document and download Adobe
Reader®
"Substantial Numbers of Americans Continue
to Doubt Evolution as Explanation for Origin of Humans" (by Gallup Poll Inc.)
www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr010305.asp
Evolution
Humor
The Infamous Darwin Awards Official Site:
www.darwinawards.com
The Montana Logging & Ballet Company satires the evolution debate in song:
http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnps05fm.cfm?SegID=58170
General
BBC (British Broadcasting Corp.)
Evolution Website:
www.bbc.co.uk/education/darwin/index.shtml
World of Richard Dawkins:
www.world-of-dawkins.com
(Note: This site is not an official site endorsed by
Dawkins)
Harvard University Golgi Bio
Pages:
www.mcb.harvard.edu/biolinks.html
Science & Religion
Talk Origins Archive (Evolution education advocate group):
www.talkorigins.org
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