PBS
Pbs: How Does Evolution Work?: Breeding Bunnies
This resource provides directions for a lab in which students observe changes in a gene pool of bunnies affected by natural selection. Includes PDF resources.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Quest for the Perfect Tomato
What is your idea of the perfect tomato? Learn about the principles of selective breeding and genetic modification and their contribution to the quest for tomato perfection.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Artificial Selection: Lesson 3
This lesson will explain how artificial selection can affect the species in a given area. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Artificial Selection."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Artificial Selection: Lesson 4
This lesson will explain how artificial selection can affect the species in a given area. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Artificial Selection."
University of California
University of California Museum of Paleontology: Evidence by Example
The Understanding Evolution website for teachers provides common examples of evolution, especially by artificial selection.
University of Missouri
University of Missouri: Selecting Your Riding Horse
Many factors go in to the purchasing of a riding horse. This complete site discusses horse breeds, physical shape and balance, age and size, pedigree, and price.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dna From the Beginning: Inheritance of Gene Variations
This animated description of George Shull's research of hybridization explains one of the key components of evolution, inheritance of gene variations.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Dragon Science: Food for Thought
Investigate how geneticists use selective breeding to capitalize on hybrid vigor by using colored chips to represent traits in succeeding generations. Use Explain why farmers must buy new hybrid seed each year.
Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Can You Tell if Any of These Animals Are Transgenic? [Pdf]
Learn about the development of transgenic animals and some potential applications. The field of transgenic animals is very young and still has many hurdles to cross.
PBS
Nova: Engineering a Crop
This interactive simulation allows you to compare selective breeding with transgenic manipulation to see which one produces a better crop.
Harp Week
Harp Week: The Presidential Elections: 1884 Overview
The campaign of 1884 was filled with scandals and recriminations from both parties. Read about the conventions that selected presidential candidates and read about the campaigns and election.
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: James Abram Garfield: Domestic Affairs
President James Garfield didn't serve long enough to put much of a stamp on domestic affairs, but reading about the selection of his cabinet gives a good window into what his tenure might have been like, and what the rifts in the...
Other
House Rabbit Society: Spaying and Neutering
This site provides a selection of topics on spaying and neutering your pet rabbit. Content explores why it is so important to spay and neuter rabbits, information on the surgery, what questions to ask the vet, and more.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Cow's Digestive System
Learn how a cow eats and digests food in this video segment from Nature.
Talk Origins Archive
The Origin of Species, Chapter 14
The entire text of Charles Darwin's book, The Origin of Species is available on this site. This link is specifically for the chapter that discusses embryology as evidence for evolution.
PBS
Pbs: Pesticide Resistance
The chemical arsenal we have developed in an attempt to rid our homes of rodents and our crops of insects is losing its power. We have simply caused pest populations to evolve, unintentionally applying artificial selection in the form of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Origin of Species
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The creation of a new species is called speciation. Most new species develop naturally. But humans have also artificially created new breeds and species for...
Other
The Pet Bird Page: Parrots
This site from The Pet Bird Page is a site developed to help find, compare, and select breeds of pet parrots as well as inform parrot owners on care, raising, and training of their pet birds.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: The Meaning of Gametic Isolation
Gametic isolation is a form of reproductive isolation that prevents successful breeding between two different species. The mechanism is explained here and examples are provided.
New York University
Nyu: Darwin's Evidence for Evolution: Embryology
Concise description of embryology as evidence for evolution, as used by Darwin.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Animal Cloning, Old Mac Donald's Farm Changed
An in-depth look into the potential benefits to animal cloning. This process could provide us with food designed to help fight disease, protect endangered species, enhance livestock, and create opportunity for biomedical research.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: Eugenics Movement in the United States
This primary source set explores the eugenics movement to help readers analyze how racism, sexism, classism, and ableism influenced eugenics laws and programs in the United States. Teaching guide included.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Happiness Is a Warm Puppy
Investigate behaviors, characteristics and habits of various breeds of dogs, and select a breed of dog that would best fit your lifestyle. Create a picture book from a dog's point of view.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:how Does Evolution Work?
Complete a hands-on lab simulation of natural selection to learn how it impacts a breeding population. Perform an online laboratory simulation and examine the interplay between natural and sexual selection in a population.
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