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Evolution Site - Teaching About Evolution

Despite the best efforts of biology teachers, misinformation about evolution remain. Pop science nonsense has led many people to think that biologists don't believe in evolution.

This rich Web site, which is a complement to the PBS program offers teachers resources that promote evolution education while avoiding the types of misconceptions that can make it difficult to understand. It's laid out in the "bread crumb" format to aid in navigation and orientation.

Definitions

It's difficult to effectively teach evolution. It is often misunderstood even by non-scientists, and even scientists use a definition that confuses the issue. This is especially applicable to discussions about the definition of the word itself.

It is therefore important to define the terms used in evolutionary biology. The website for the PBS show, Understanding Evolution, does this in a clear and useful way. The site is both a companion for the 2001 series, and it is also a resource on its own. The information is presented in an organized manner that makes it simpler to navigate and understand.

The site defines terms such as common ancestor, the gradual process and adaptation. These terms help define the nature of evolution and its relationship to evolution to other scientific concepts. The website provides a summary of the ways the concept of evolution has been examined. This information can be used to dispel the myths that have been engendered by creationists.

It is also possible to find a glossary of terms that are used in evolutionary biology. These terms include:

Adaptation is the tendency of heritable traits to become better suited to an environment. This is the result of natural selection. Organisms with more adaptable traits are more likely than those with less adapted characteristics to survive and reproduce.

Common ancestor (also known as common ancestor): The most recent ancestor shared by two or more species. The common ancestor can be identified by analyzing the DNA of these species.

Deoxyribonucleic acid: A large biological molecule that contains the information needed for cell replication. The information is contained in a sequence of nucleotides that are strung together to form long chains, also known as chromosomes. Mutations are the reason behind the creation of new genetic information within cells.

Coevolution is a relation between two species, where the evolution of one species are influenced evolutionary changes of the other. Coevolution is evident in the interactions between predator and prey, or parasites and hosts.

Origins

Species (groups that can crossbreed), evolve through a series of natural changes in the traits of their offspring. The causes of these changes are numerous factors, like natural selection, gene drift, and mixing of the gene pool. The development of a new species could take thousands of years and the process could be slowed down or speeded up by environmental conditions such as climate change or the competition for food or habitat.

The Evolution site tracks through time the evolution of various species of plants and animals with a focus on major changes in each group's history. It also focuses on the evolutionary origin of humans, a topic that is crucial for students to know.

When Darwin wrote the Origin of Species, only a handful of antediluvian human fossils had been discovered. One of them was the infamous skullcap and associated bones found in 1856 at the Little Feldhofer Grotto in Germany that is now thought as an early Homo neanderthalensis. Although the skullcap was not published until 1858, just a year before the first edition of the Origin was published, it is very unlikely that Darwin had heard or 에볼루션 카지노코리아 (Read the Full Write-up) seen of it.

While the site is focused on biology, it also includes a good deal of information about geology and paleontology. The most impressive features on the site are a set of timelines that illustrate how geological and climatic conditions have changed over time as well as an interactive map of the distribution of a few fossil groups that are featured on the site.

The site is a companion for the PBS TV series but it can be used as a resource for teachers and students. The site is well-organized and offers clear links between the introduction content in Understanding Evolution (developed with support from the National Science Foundation) and the more specialized elements of the museum Web site. These hyperlinks make it easy to move from the cartoon style of Understanding Evolution pages into the more sophisticated worlds of research science. In particular there are hyperlinks to John Endler's research with Guppies, which demonstrate the importance of ecology in evolutionary theory.

Diversity

The evolution of life on Earth has led to a wide variety of animals, plants, and insects. Paleobiology is the study of these creatures within their geographical context and 에볼루션코리아 offers a number of advantages over modern observational and experimental methods of examining evolutionary processes. Paleobiology is able to study not just the processes and events that take place regularly or over time but also the relative abundance and distribution of different groups of animals across the geological time.

The site is divided into a variety of ways to learn about evolution, including "Evolution 101," which takes the viewer on a liner path through the scientific process and the evidence that supports the theory of evolution. The path also examines myths about evolution and also the history of evolutionary thought.

Each of the main sections of the Evolution website is equally well-developed, and includes materials that are suited to a variety of curriculum levels and teaching styles. The site includes a variety of interactive and multimedia content, 에볼루션 바카라사이트 including videos, animations, and virtual laboratories, in addition to its general textual content. The content is laid out in a nested bread crumb style that facilitates navigation and orientation within the large web site.

The page "Coral Reef Connections" For instance, the page "Coral Reef Connections" gives a brief overview of the coral's relationships, their interaction with other organisms and then zooms in on a single clam, which is able communicate with its neighbors and respond to changes in the conditions of the water at the reef level. This page, along with the other multidisciplinary, multimedia, and 에볼루션 카지노 interactive pages on the site, offer an excellent introduction to the broad spectrum of topics in evolutionary biology. The content also includes a discussion on the importance of natural selection and the concept phylogenetics analysis which is a crucial tool for understanding evolutionary change.

Evolutionary Theory

Evolution is an underlying thread that runs through all branches of biology. A vast collection of resources supports teaching about evolution across all life sciences.

One resource, which is the companion to PBS's television series Understanding Evolution is an excellent example of a Web page that provides depth as well as breadth in terms of its educational resources. The site features a wealth of interactive learning modules. It also features a "bread crumb structure" that helps students move away from the cartoon-like style of Understanding Evolution and onto elements on this large website more closely related to the worlds of research science. For instance an animation that introduces the notion of genetic inheritance leads to a page that highlights John Endler's artificial selection experiments using guppies in the ponds of his native country of Trinidad.

Another useful resource is the Evolution Library on this site, which contains an extensive multimedia library of items connected to evolution. The content is organized into courses that are based on curriculum and follow the learning goals established in the standards for biology. It contains seven videos specifically designed for classroom use, which can be streamed for no cost or purchased on DVD.

Many important questions remain in the midst of evolutionary biology, such as the factors that trigger evolution and the speed at which it occurs. This is particularly true for humans' evolution, where it was difficult to reconcile religious beliefs that held that humanity has a special position in the universe and a soul, with the notion that our physical traits evolved from Apes.

There are a myriad of other ways evolution can take place and natural selection being the most well-known theory. Scientists also study other kinds such as mutation, genetic drift and sexual selection.

While many scientific fields of inquiry are in conflict with literal interpretations of the Bible evolutionary biology has been the subject of particularly controversial debate and resistance from religious fundamentalists. While some religions have been able to reconcile their beliefs with the notions of evolution, 에볼루션 바카라 사이트 others haven't.