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Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science
instructional materials, 44-45 , 87
mammals, 8 , 16 , 18
radiometric dating, 34 , 35 , 52 , 90 , 127
teaching activities, 62 , 82 , 84 , 87-89 , 90
teaching methods, 44-46
tectonic movement and, 40
G
Genetics, 1-2 , 15-16 , 19 , 39 , 42 , 127
historical overview, 14
teaching activities, 74 , 75-76 , 100
see also DNA;
Mutation;
Variation, species
Genomes, 42
Geography, natural selection and, 14 , 37
Geology, 3 , 6 , 33 , 35-36 , 55
educational standards, 49-50 , 52
models and modeling, 90 , 92
plate tectonics, 40-41
radiometric dating, 34 , 35 , 52 , 90 , 127
teacher associations, position, 125 , 127
teaching activities, 62 , 90-92
Grades K-4, see Primary education
Grades 5-8, see Middle school
Grades 9-12, see Secondary education
H
Heliocentricism, 5 , 27-30
High school, see Secondary education
Historical perspectives
educational standards, 50-51 , 53 , 116
evolutionary theory, 11 , 13-15 , 62 , 81-82 , 93-99
evolution as historical process, 16 , 18 , 27
heliocentricism, 5 , 27-30
scientific theory, 67 , 109 , 116 ;
see also "evolutionary theory" supra
tectonic plates, 40-41
see also Fossil record;
specific historical figures (e.g., Darwin; Lamarck; Wallace)
Hubble telescope, 12
Human evolution, 16 , 19 , 20 , 27 , 41-42 , 57 , 127
fossil record, 82 , 84 , 87-89
models of, 61-62 , 81-86
teaching activities, 82 , 84 , 87-89 , 100-103
I
Insects, 17 , 20-21 , 56 , 75-76
ant evolution, 15
Instructional materials and equipment
computers and software, 106 , 111 , 119
content analysis, 108
evalution of, 105 , 107-119 (passim)
evidence/models/explanation, 82 , 107
fossils, 44-45 , 87
geologic time, 90
history of evolutionary theory, 94
natural selection, 78-79
population growth/evolution, 100-101
scientific method, 22-25 , 67 , 94 , 107 , 108-109 , 114-116
standards, 105 , 107-119 (passim)
videotapes, 111 , 132
see also Publications;
Textbooks
Internet, see World Wide Web
L
Lamarck, Jean, 62 , 93 , 94 , 96
Law and legal issues
creationism, 9 , 58 , 123 , 125
textbooks, disclaimers, 7 , 9 (n.3), 124
see also Court cases
Laws, scientific, 5 , 56 , 76
Life sciences, 1 , 17
bacteria, 1 , 17 , 34 , 90
educational standards, 51 , 82 , 127 , 128
see also Genetics
Linneaus, Carolus, 30-31
M
MacArthur, Robert, 20
Malthus, Thomas, 100
Mammalian evolution, 8 , 16 , 18-19 , 27 , 31 , 32 , 34
see also Human evolution
Mathematics, 79-80 , 100-103 , 105
Mayr, Ernst, 43
McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education , 58 , 121 , 126
Mendel, Gregor, 14
Mesozioc era, 15
Methodology, see Science, nature of;
Teaching methods
Middle school, 63 , 64
standards, 48-51 , 108-109
teaching activities, 61 , 62 , 66 , 74 , 87 , 90 , 100
Models and modeling, 107
defined, 76
educational standards, 48 , 109 , 112 , 127
evidence, 22-25
evolution and equilibrium, 9 (n.1), 100 , 127
geologic time, 90 , 92
human evolution, 61-62 , 81-86
hypotheses, scientific, 5 , 22-24 , 67
mathematical, 79-80 , 100-103 , 105
population growth/natural selection, 62 , 78-79 , 100-103
scientific experimentation, 22-25
teaching activities, 61-64 , 66 , 67 , 76 , 81-86 , 90 , 92 , 100-103
Mutation, 14 , 52 , 56
teaching activities, 74 , 78 , 100
see also Natural selection;
Species and speciation
N
National Association of Biology Teachers, 58 , 127-128
National Science Education Standards , 47-53 , 114-118
evolution and equilibrium, 9 (n.1), 100
instructional materials, 107 , 108-109
teaching activities, 62 , 67 , 74 , 75 , 78 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 87 , 90 , 93 , 100