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Evolution |
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Examples, Articles, &
Animations |
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Cholera
– PBS video and article on how we are able to occasionally steer
pathogens to become more mild. |
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HIV resistance?
– PBS video and article on the mutation that may be able to
make humans immune to the HIV virus. |
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Evolution
Importance to Medicine – PBS video on how evolution
effects medicine. |
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Antibiotic
Resistance Animation – short animation showing
how antibiotic resistance occurs. |
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Evolution
and Medicine Journal – Great site with multiple
articles outlining the importance of evolution to the medical world. |
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Sickle Cell
and Malaria – Article that discusses the relationship
between sickle cell anemia and malaria. |
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Hygiene Hypothesis
– PBS video and article on how children develop allergies and
asthma depending on their early environment. |
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Top Ten Useless
Organs – shows ten human organs that we no longer
use. |
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Survival
of the Sneakiest – Comic book story of how survival
of the fittest occurs followed by a set of review questions. |
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Lab Exercises, Activities,
& Games |
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Antibiotic
Resistance Activity – Multiple step activity for
teaching antibiotic resistance. |
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The Evolving
Enemy – Activity that gets students involved in
the discussion on how we can prevent future antibiotic resistance. |
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Mass Extinction
– Discussion activity on whether we are in the midst of another
mass extinction and what affect that may have on us. |
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Evolution
Game – simple but effective game in which students
evolve their character. |
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Mating Game
– PBS game in which students choose the correct mate to continue
their species. |
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Who Wants
to Live a Million Years? – fun survival game with
Darwin as the host. Reinforces the concept of natural selection. |
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Study Help & Practice
Quizzes |
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Evolution
Quiz 1 – 10 question interactive multiple choice
quiz. |
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Biological
Evolution Quiz 2 – 20 question interactive multiple
choice quiz – lots of genetic relationship to evolution. |
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Sparknotes
– provides a quick overview of topics followed by review problems. |
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Webquests & Additional
Student Worksheets |
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Evolution
Worksheet – selection of worksheets from glencoe. |
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