Tag: Evolution

  • Hardy Weinberg and the Pocket Mouse

    Hardy Weinberg and the Pocket Mouse

    Use Hardy Weinberg equilibrium to analyze data of rock pocket mouse populations in the desert.

  • Teaching Evolution Using Animal Models

    Teaching Evolution Using Animal Models

    Most evolution units start with a history of evolutionary thought, where scientists of the past, like Darwin, Linnaeus, Larmarke, and Wallace,  are discussed with regard to their contributions to evolutionary theory.    If you’re not careful, you can end up spending too much time on the history, talking about the Voyage of the Beagle and the…

  • Your Inner Fish – Video from HHMI

    Your Inner Fish – Video from HHMI

    At the NSTA Conference in Chicago last year, I had the pleasure of meeting (at least from a distance) Neil Shubin, who is a fish paleontologist.  We watched one of the newer movies, were treated to refreshments and popcorn and were given a t-shirt and a DVD copy of “Your Inner Fish.”   This amazing…