Evolution – Page 4 – Science in School

Teach

October 2, 2008 | Issue 9

Is there anybody out there? An ark of life

An enormous meteorite impact and then a rocky flight from Mars. Is that how life appeared on Earth? Cornelia Meyer takes us on a space trip through the lithopanspermia theory and describes how she is putting it to the test with the help of student colleagues.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Biology, Astronomy / space
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Inspire

May 5, 2008 | Issue 8

Dance of the Tiger, By Björn Kurtén

Teachers and many older school students will enjoy Dance of the Tiger, a very unusual fictional story written by a scientist about his own subject.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources
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Inspire

December 6, 2007 | Issue 7

Darwin’s ‘The Origin of Species’, By Janet Browne

This short book describes the development of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species and examines its wider impact.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources
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Inspire

December 4, 2007 | Issue 7

Clockwork Genes: Discoveries in Biological Time and Evolution: Constant Change and Common Threads

These two DVD sets, produced by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as part of its Holiday Lectures on Science programme, address two highly interesting subjects which directly or indirectly affect our everyday lives: biological clocks and evolution.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources
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Teach

September 18, 2007 | Issue 6

Counting Buttons: demonstrating the Hardy-Weinberg principle

Pongprapan Pongsophon, Vantipa Roadrangka and Alison Campbell from Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, demonstrate how a difficult concept in evolution can be explained with equipment as simple as a box of buttons!

Ages: 14-16, 16-19;
Topics: Biology
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Inspire

June 12, 2007 | Issue 5

The Selfish Gene and Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think, By Richard Dawkins

“If you are not interested in how evolution came about, and cannot conceive how anyone could be seriously concerned about anything other than human affairs, then do not read it: it will only make you needlessly angry,” wrote John Maynard Smith about The Selfish Gene.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources
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Inspire

August 3, 2006 | Issue 1

Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life, By Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb

In The Origin of Species, published in 1859, Charles Darwin described evolution as a process subject to diverse influences. Natural selection, of course, leads to adaptation in a manner similar to the changes elicited by breeders of pets or livestock.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Resources
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Understand

July 31, 2006 | Issue 2

A new tree of life

At the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, Peer Bork’s research group has meticulously reconstructed a new tree of life – tracing the course of evolution. Russ Hodge explains.

Ages: 16-19;
Topics: Biology
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