Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Read the full text of "Origin of Species", considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology, by Charles Darwin on this site.
Other
Explore Learning: Natural Selection Gizmo
You are a bird hunting moths (both dark and light) that live on trees. As you capture the moths most easily visible against the tree surface, the moth populations change, illustrating the effects of natural selection. (Free usage is...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Relationships Between Organisms
This lesson will explain how scientists can use homologous structures to identify relationships among different organisms.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: 7 Characteristics of Life: Lesson 4
This lesson will introduce the 7 characteristics of all living things. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "7 Characteristics of Life."
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Lazzaro Spallanzani
The Catholic Encyclopedia entry for Lazzaro Spallanzani. Please note that The Catholic Encyclopedia is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.
Other
University of Chicago: Dinosaur Extinction
This theory from the University of Chicago of dinosaur extinction revolves around the concept of plate tectonics, the movement of the continents over a sort of liquid around the planet.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Fossils: Lesson 6
This lesson will explain how fossils can be used to determine evolutionary relationships. It is 6 of 6 in the series titled "Fossils."
University of California
Ucmp: Early Dinosaur Discoveries in North America
This survey of early dinosaur discoveries in North America discusses the first dinosaur specimens and the scientific debate that they inspired.
Other
University of Connecticut: Natural Selection Simulation
This page has a Java simulation that demonstrates allele frequency and natural selection. Choose various numbers for this simulation and run the experiment.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Plants
The Discovery Channel provides numerous lesson plans dealing with plants. Content is organized by grade level, but all lesson plans include suggestions for adaptations for older or younger audiences.
Other
The National Museum of Finland
This site gives a brief overview of the museum. Address and phone number are given with links to a little more information.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Explore Galapagos
This site provides a fun way of exploring the Galapagos Islands through pictures, sound, videos, games, learning exercises, and more.
Institute and Museum of the History of Science
Institute and Museum of History of Science: Museo Galileo
This site can be viewed in either English or Italian. Many links can take the viewer to more information on the museum.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Microevolution vs. Macroevolution
The concepts of microevolution and macroevolution are explained and a two-column table that compares them is presented.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Eugenics Movement in America
Interesting facts and information on the Eugenics Movement in America.
Other
Ancestral Flatworms
Gives the history of flatworms and how they evolved. Gives the different types of flatworms, including the tapeworm.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Living Things Families
What do centipedes and crabs have in common? What's so special about a backbone? Check this site out from The Franklin Institute if you are interested in biology and classification.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Cual Embrion Es Humano?
An exhibit that explains why the embryos of vertebrates look so much alike.
University of Guelph
Canada's Aquatic Environments: Evolution
A general description of the evolution of amphibians and information about the decline in population of amphibians over the years.
Curated OER
Agi: Evolution and the Fossil Record
The American Geological Institute has done a great job defining and explaining evolution in this online booklet. Darwin, fossils, natural selection, and change over time are some of the concepts that are covered. Make sure to see the...
Curated OER
Agi: Evolution and the Fossil Record
The American Geological Institute has done a great job defining and explaining evolution in this online booklet. Darwin, fossils, natural selection, and change over time are some of the concepts that are covered. Make sure to see the...
Curated OER
Field Museum: Exhibits: Evolving Planet: The Basics of Evolution
What is evolution? What is natural selection? How has our understanding of evolution changed since Darwin's day? You will find the answers to these questions and more in this basic explanation of the evolutionary process.
Other
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
This site contains many links as well as a description of the museum.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Charles Lyell
This site from ScienceWorld describes the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell who supported the ideas of the uniformitarian principle and aligned himself with James Hutton's ideas. He also supported and refuted some of the ideas of Charles...