Resources for Teachers and Students

What is Evolution?
“Biological (or organic) evolution is change in the properties of groups of organisms over the course of generations. ….The word evolution comes from the Latin evolvere, ‘to unfold or unroll’—to reveal or manifest hidden potentialities.” by permission, Douglas J. Futuyma (2005), Evolution, publ. Sinauer Association. Also see Evolution: Fact, Theory, Controversy.

A major effort by many scientific societies produced an excellent white paper about contemporary evolutionary biology. Select the short or long version graphic-oriented websites, or their accompanying PDFs from the links below:

Short version (html), (pdf)                 Long version (html), (pdf)
Full credits available in PDF versions.

Educational Resources
• Audio show of evolution
• Children's book on evolution
• National science education standards
• Center for teaching resources
• Teaching Evolution: Online course for teachers (K-12 educators)
• Essay on Evolution, Intelligent Design and Education (pdf)
• American Academy for the Advancement of Science benchmarks for scientific literacy
• National Center for Science Education
• Evolution: a Public Broadcasting System series
• Virtual Botanical Garden
• EduRef
• PBS.org Evolution Series
• Scientists Promoting Evolution Education in Cincinnati (SPEEC)

Learn about evolution
• Action Bioscience
• BBC Evolution Site
• Becoming Human
• Chrono-Biographical Sketches of Biographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists
• The Complete Works of Darwin
• Evolution Happens
• Evolution Update
• Evonet, a worldwide network for evolutionary biology
• Exploring the theory of evolution
• Human Behavior and Evolution
• Institute for Biodiversity
• National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
• PBS Human Evolution Site
• Selected Papers on Evolution
• Talk Origins
• Tree of life
• Understanding Evolution                                                                                                                                                  

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