Evolution

**1.** **__Understanding Evolution__** []    A resource page for secondary school teachers who are teaching evolution, this site includes lesson plans, strategies for dealing with opposition and external elements, links to informative resources on evolution to which you may refer, and background and fundamental knowledge of evolutionary concepts.  **2.** __**Evolution**__     [] The //Evolution// project's eight-hour television miniseries travels the world to examine evolutionary science and the profound effect it has had on society and culture. The //Evolution// series' goals are to heighten public understanding of evolution and how it works, to dispel common misunderstandings about the process, and to illuminate why it is relevant to all of us.

   [] These concept cartoons can be used as prompts for eliciting discussion about ideas in evolution. They can also be used as assessment tools. The incorrect statements in the cartoons are derived from common naive conceptions.
 * 3.** __**Concept Cartoons about Evolution**__

[] This web resource provides a list of published articles and interviews on various topics within evolution.
 * 4. __Issues in Evolution__**

[] This web resource provides an array of activities, such as labs, debates, and videos involving evolution.
 * 5. __Evolution__**

[] This lesson models the basic concepts of natural selection and predator and prey interactions.
 * 6. __Peppered Moth Simulation Lesson__**

   [] In this lesson students become unwitting subjects in a demonstration of natural selection. Students select candies from a bowl and have an opportunity to think about what traits brought about the “survival” of some candies.
 * 7. __Candy Dish__**