Evolution

I. 1995 High School Biology Institute

• Faculty
• Faculty Biographies
• Institute Participants

II. Introduction

• Preface / Donald Cronkite
• Chronology of Evolution / Barbara W. Heavers and Judith K. Wood

III. Time

• Introduction / Judith K. Wood

  Simulations

• Teaching Radioactive Decay: Radioactive Half-Life and Dating Techniques / Daniel Gray
• Time Conceptualization / Joseph L. Glick, Jr.
• The Geologic TimeString / Steven Ferris

IV. Studying Fossils

• Introduction / Karen Wickersham

  Paper Labs

• Fossil and Migration Patterns of Early Hominids / John Banister-Marx
• Digging For Fossils / Don Pollock
• Dinosaur Tracks: From Stride to Leg Length to Speed / Maryann Buehler and Amy Quillen
• It's All in the Rocks / JoAnne Dombrowski and Aleta Sullivan

  Hypercard Program

• Where Should We Place Archaeopteryx? / Jan David Snyder

  Hand-On Labs

• Hominoid Skull Comparison / Mari Knutson
• Estimating the Live Mass of Dinosaurs / Tim Culp and Harry J. Wolf
• Shells on the Mountain Top? / Susan S. Plati

V. Studying Living Organisms

• Introduction / Linda Culp

  Simulations

• Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium According to Hoyle / Donald Cronkite
• A Fishy Twist On Adaptations / Christine Luttenegger
• Beans and Birds: A Natural Selection Simulation / Harry J. Dillner
• Estimation of Population Growth by Counting Offspring: Seed Multiplication / Judith K. Wood
• Mimicry: An Example Of Adaptation / Gail Corey and William Sumner
• Coevolution: A Simulation / William Sumner
• An Automobile Phylogenetic Tree / Al Vogel

  Wet Labs

• The Endosymbiotic Theory, OR Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Feast / Barbara J. Errington
• Comparative Embryology Using Japanese Medaka Fish / Eugene Shultz
• Using Magnetotactic Bacteria to Study Natural Selection / Tim Culp
• Fish Parasite Survey / Elliott Dabill
• Charlotte and Her Relatives Visit the Classroom: Spider Activities, Experiments and Projects / Katherine Liu and Linda Culp
• Nitrogen Fixation, OR What a Gas! / Barbara J. Errington
• Selecting Soil Organisms in Compost / Corinne Egner

  Writing

• The Value of Behavioral Variation in Homo sapiens / Dawn J. Clawson
• The Evolution of Canis pedatus / Dawn J. Clawson
• Viruses and Host Evolution /Don Chamberlain
• Studying Species by Examining the Evolution of the Canidae Family /Karen Wickersham
• Australian Mammals: Evolutionary Development as a Result of Geographic Isolation / Deborah B. Asbell, Joseph L. Glick, Jr., and Donald C. Snyder, Jr.

  Pedigree

• The Value of Genetic History / Janell Mead

  Story

• Peter Rabbit Meets Charles Darwin / Jane Y. Meneray

  Dry Lab

• Camouflage and Protective Coloration: A Model of Natural Selection / Richard Filson
• Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down Grasping the Idea of Evolution / Susan S. Plati

  Field Trips

• What's in a Name? / Edward Quickert
• What Can You Learn About Dinosaurs by Watching an Ostrich? / Linda Culp and Katherine Liu

  HyperCard Program

• What is Your Explanation for the Evidence? / Jan David Snyder

VI. Studying Molecular Evidence

• Introduction / Barbara W. Heavers

  Simulations

• Scientist Simulation / Joseph Glick and Susan Drake
• From Restriction Maps to Cladograms / Aleta Sullivan and JoAnne Dombrowski
• Constructing a Phylogenetic Tree Using DNA Sequence Data / Mark Gabler
• Using Amino Acid Sequences to Show Evolutionary Relationships / Gwynn Pealer and Steve Ferris
• Molecular Biology and Primate Phylogenetics / John Banister-Marx
• Island Biogeography and Evolution: Solving a Phylogenetic Puzzle With Molecular Genetics / Richard Filson

  Simulations Using Paper Chromatography

• Wolf Pack in a Bottle: DNA Simulation with Paper Chromatography / Aleta Sullivan and JoAnne Dombrowski

  Experiments: Paper Chromatography and Gel Electrophoresis

• The Electrophoresis of Human Hemoglobin / Linda H. Austin
• Electrophoretic Analysis: DNA Fingerprinting and Evolutionary Divergence / Janet Pantella
• Molecular Evolution in Plants / Barbara W. Heavers, Jane Y. Meneray, Jane E. Obbink, and Harry J. Wolf

VII. Alternative Methods for Teaching Evolution

• Introduction

  Reading and Writing

• Reading and Thinking About Evolution / Robbie Everett and Christine Luttenegger
• Lamarck Is Dead! / Al Vogel
• Darwin's Obituary / D. Kim Wimpey
• Student Guide: Evolution Videodisk from Videodiscovery / Mari Knutson

  Dioramas

• Vertebrate Dioramas / De Anna Lynn Roberson and Stephanie Gragg

  Simulation

• Hang a Million / Gwynn Pealer

  Music

• Evolution: Rap It Up / Deborah B. Asbell

  Drawing and Writing

• The Ultimate Predator / D. Kim Wimpey
• Change by Chance? / Jane Y. Meneray

  Games

• Using Team Games Tournaments / John Sacco
• Limiting Factors/Evolution Game / Amy Quillen and Gail Corey

  Concept Maps

• Using Concept Maps to Teach Evolution / Vern Beeson and Tim Culp

VIII. Resources

• Viruses: A Summary of Lecture by Dr. Arnold Levine / Aleta Sullivan and Karen Wickersham
• Dinosaur Biology: A Summary of Lecture by Dr. James Farlow / Don Chamberlain
• Internet/World Wide Web Resources for Evolution and Molecular Biology / Robert Steingreaber
• Other Ideas and Possible Investigations in Molecular Evolution / The Molecular Evolution Committee
• Resource Materials Recommended by 1995 WWNFF Biology Institute Participants
• The Dialectical Biologist: A Summary / Don Pollock

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