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SESSION 6: How Can You Address Student Misconceptions about Evolution? |
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Resources for SESSION 6 |
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Resources marked with an * are designed to help you teach
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Teacher's Guide |
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Unit 1: What Is the Nature of Science?* (pdf) |
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Unit 2: Who Was Charles Darwin?* (pdf) |
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Unit 3: What Is the Evidence for Evolution?* (pdf) |
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Unit 4: How Does Evolution Work?* (pdf) |
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Unit 5: How Did Humans Evolve?* (pdf) |
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Unit 6: Why Does Evolution Matter Now?* (pdf) |
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Lessons for Students |
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Lesson 1: What Is the Nature of Science?* |
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Lesson 2: Who Was Charles Darwin?* |
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Lesson 3: What Is the Evidence for Evolution?* |
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Lesson 4: How Does Evolution Work?* |
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Lesson 5: How Did Humans Evolve?* |
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Lesson 6: Why Does Evolution Matter Now?* |
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Videos for Students |
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Isn't Evolution Just a Theory?* |
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Who Was Charles Darwin?* |
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How Do We Know Evolution Happens?* |
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How Does Evolution Really Work?* |
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Did Humans Evolve?* |
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Why Does Evolution Matter Now?* |
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Why Is Evolution Controversial Anyway?* |
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Videos for Teachers |
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Ken Bingman* |
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Marilyn Havlik* |
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Video Segments |
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Giraffes and Vestigial Organs* |
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Little Toes Disappear* |
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More Recessive Than Before* |
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Bingman Student Work Presentation* |
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Havlik Student Discussion* |
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TV Series |
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Show 1: Darwin's Dangerous Idea |
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Show 2: Great Transformations |
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Show 3: Extinction! |
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Show 4: The Evolutionary Arms Race |
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Show 5: Why Sex? |
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Show 6: The Mind's Big Bang |
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Show 7: What About God? |
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Other Library Resources |
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Background Information on Ken
Bingman |
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Excerpt from How People
Learn |
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Background Information on
Marilyn Havlik |
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Hardy Weinberg Text |
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Marilyn
Havlik Lesson Plan (pdf) |
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Ken Bingman Student Work
Samples |
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External Web Links |
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Looking at
School Work
http://www.lasw.org/
The Annenberg Institute for School Reform Web site gives information and protocols for
looking at student work. |
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Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science
Education Web site
http://www.enc.org/focus/assessment/0,1950,00.shtm
This site gives information on using assessment to improve science teaching. |
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Fieldbook of Effective Strategies
http://www.essentialschools.org/fieldbook/fieldbook.html
The Coalition of Essential Schools Web site identifies strategies for teaching and
learning. |
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Research on Student Learning
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309064767/html/116.html#pagetop
The Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards Web site summarizes
research on how students learn science. |
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Concept to Classroom: A Series of Workshops
http://www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/concept2class/index.html
This Web site from WNET includes Disney Learning Partnerships workshops on a variety of
topics including constructivism, inquiry-based learning, and assessment. |
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Full Option Science System Web site
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/FOSS/FOSS.BBTL.doc.html
"The Biological Basis of Thinking and Learning" describes current scientific
knowledge about how the brain functions, how humans think and learn, and how this
knowledge relates to understandings about our world. |
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Books |
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Allen, David, Tina Blythe, and Barbara Powell. Looking Together at
Student Work. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Project Zero, 1996. |
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Brooks, Jacqueline, and Martin Brooks. In Search of Understanding:
The Case for Constructivist Classrooms. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 1993. |
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Hart, Diane. Authentic Assessment: A Handbook for Educators.
Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley, 1994. |
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Henderson, James G. Reflective Teaching: The Study of Your
Constructivist Practices. 2d ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1996. |
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Hyerle, David. Visual Tools for Constructing Knowledge.
Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 1996. |
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Marzano, Robert, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock. Classroom
Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement.
Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 2001. |
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National Research Council. Classroom Assessment and the National
Science Education Standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001 (in press). |
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National Research Council. Inquiry and the National Science
Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning. Washington, DC: National
Academy Press, 2000. |
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National Research Council. How People Learn: Brain, Mind,
Experience, and School. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000. |
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National Science Resources Center, National Academy of Sciences, and
Smithsonian Institution. Science for All Children. Washington, DC: National Academy
Press, 1997. |
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Skehan, James, and Craig Nelson. The Creation Controversy and the
Science Classroom. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press. 2000. |
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WGBH, Annenberg/CPB. Teaching High School Science Guidebook,
1999. |
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Wiggins, Grant, and Jay McTighe. Understanding By Design.
Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 1998. |
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Videos |
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Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Looking at Student Work: A
Window into the Classroom, 1997. |
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