Evolution
Examples, Articles, & Animations
Cholera – PBS video and article on how we are able to occasionally steer pathogens to become
more mild.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/10/4/l_104_01.html
HIV resistance? – PBS video and article on the mutation that may be able to make humans immune
to the HIV virus.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/10/4/l_104_05.html
Evolution Importance to Medicine – PBS video on how evolution effects medicine
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/11/2/e_s_6.html
Antibiotic Resistance Animation – short animation showing how antibiotic resistance occurs
http://www.sumanasinc.com/scienceinfocus/sif_antibiotics.html
Evolution and Medicine Journal – Great site with multiple articles outlining the importance of
evolution to the medical world.
http://www.evolutionandmedicine.org/
Sickle Cell and Malaria – Article that discusses the relationship between sickle cell anemia and
malaria
http://sickle.bwh.harvard.edu/malaria_sickle.html
Hygiene Hypothesis – PBS video and article on how children develop allergies and asthma
depending on their early environment.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/10/4/l_104_07.html
Top Ten Useless Organs – shows ten human organs that we no longer use.
http://science.discovery.com/top-ten/2008/organs/organs.html
Lab Exercises, Activities, & Games
Antibiotic Resistance Activity – Multiple step activity for teaching antibiotic resistance
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/lessons/lesson6/act1notes.html
The Evolving Enemy – Activity that gets students involved in the discussion on how we can prevent
future antibiotic resistance.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/survival/enemy/
and http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/survival/clock/
Mass Extinction – Discussion activity on whether we are in the midst of another mass extinction and
what affect that may have on us
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/extinction/massext/
Evolution Game – simple but effective game in which students evolve their character
http://www.biologyinmotion.com/evol/index.html
Mating Game – PBS game in which students choose the correct mate to continue their species.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/sex/mating/index.html
Who Wants to Live a Million Years? – fun survival game with Darwin as the host. Reinforces the
concept of natural selection.
http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/darwin/darwin.html
Study Help & Practice Quizzes
Evolution Quiz 1 – 10 question interactive multiple choice quiz
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes6/muskopf/Evolution_bio1.html
Biological Evolution Quiz 2 – 20 question interactive multiple choice quiz – lots of genetic
relationship to evolution
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004367/be12.shtml
Sparknotes – provides a quick overview of topics followed by review problems
http://www.sparknotes.com/biology/
Webquests & Additional Student Worksheets
Evolution Worksheet – selection of worksheets from glencoe
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/lep_science/life_science/wwwlinks/worksheet6.shtml