Home Page of SCI 570 Issues in Evolution for Teachers

GENERAL

• The Names of the Instructors and How to Contact Them (Click on the names to send them email):

  Dr. David Rudge, Department of Biological Sciences and The Mallinson Institute for Science Education
  
  Mr. Eric Howe, The Mallinson Institute for Science Education 
  
  

• The syllabus.
• The microteaching assignment directions and the directions for the lesson plan assignment.

• A comprehensive set of links to internet resources on evolution, including science education related topics such as national standards for what children and adults should know about evolution.
• Eric Digest Report: Teaching Evolution in School Science Classes
• The Michigan Scientific Evolution Education Initiative, a comprehensive site of web-based resources associated with evolution and the teaching of evolution.
• Supplemental material for science teachers in the "Teaching Evolution and the Nature of Science" Frontiers in Science Workshop (14-15 Nov 2002).
• A web site with links to web resources on evolution and the teaching of evolution. Here's another.
• A website that lists on a state by state basis legal challenges to the teaching of evolution; and the website of an organization devoted to defending it.
• The old and new versions of BugHunt! a freeware program that can be used to teach natural selection.
• A link to the PBS Evolution series website, with information on how to order videotapes of the program and resources for teachers.
• Understanding Evolution, an evolution web site for teachers of evolution.

• A downloadable version of the MI State Curriculum Framework for K-12 classes; the State of Michigan Science Education Guidebook that provides suggestions on how to implement the Michigan Curriculum Framework, an online version of the Project 2061: Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy and Science Education Resources from the Michigan Department of Education, which includes includes information on the Michigan Curriculum Framework, released items from the MEAP, and additional resources.

Please submit your comments and suggestions about the course and/this web site here.

You may contact Dave Rudge either by email, by phone (616)-387-2779 or by fax (616)-387-5609.

Dave Rudge's Home Page.

The Department of Biological Sciences's Home Page.

The Mallinson Institute for Science Education's Home Page.

Western Michigan University's Home Page.

Last updated on 15 Nov 2005.