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One of the most thorough and accessible sites offering professors and students an in depth look on some of the key aspects of evolution, links to teaching materials and a browsable resource library is called “Understanding Evolution” (www.evolution.berkeley.edu). It was created and is maintained by the University Of California Museum Of Paleontology. Check out the article on the silent crickets of Hawai’i for a fantastic example of evolution at work.
BioInteractive is an “award-winning multimedia resources, including apps, animations, videos, interactives, and virtual labs, to bring the excitement of scientific discovery into your classroom. Our rich video resources range from a series of short films on evolution, hosted by an award-winning author-scientist, to lectures on the brain given by a Nobel-prize winner—all supplemented by teacher guides and classroom activities.” http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive
The PBS.org Evolution Project. “Evolution plays a critical role in our daily lives, yet it is one of the most overlooked principles of life. It is the mechanism that determines who lives, who dies, and who gets the opportunity to pass traits on to the next generation, and the next, and the next ...The Evolution project is a seven-part, eight-hour television broadcast series, an extensive Web site, a far-reaching educational outreach initiative, and a HarperCollins companion book by acclaimed science writer Carl Zimmer. The Evolution project's goals are to heighten understanding of evolution and how it works, to dispel common misunderstandings, to illuminate why it is relevant to our lives, to improve its teaching, to encourage a national dialogue, and to prompt participation in all aspects of the project.” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/