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Life Drop - An educational site about evolution. It includes a 3D Java-based virtual world using Artificial Life, as well as information about the main evolution theories.
Danny Yee's Book Reviews: Evolution - Reviews of several score books about evolution - mostly popular titles, but some academic works as well.
Evolution at Old Dominion University - Course-specific materials and links to a variety of web resources on evolutionary biology.
Five Major Misconceptions about Evolution - This article clears up five of the most important misconceptions about evolution. Includes rebuttals.
Online Biology Textbook - Constantly updated and revised college-level biology textbook available online for free.
PBS: Evolution - Online course and guide for teachers plus lessons for students.
Evolution and Nature of Science Institute - Lessons for teaching evolution and the nature of science in high school biology.
EvoNet.org: Education Resources - Links to curriculum, syllabi, lectures, activities and more regarding teaching evolution.
BBC News: Teaching the Evolution Teachers - Article about a plan to improve how the theory of evolution is taught in the United States and Canada.
National Center for Science Education - Clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and "scientific creationism" out.
Becoming Human - Online documentary, activities and lesson plans
BioMedia: Eye to Eye - Annotated links and lesson plan on eye evolution.
Teaching Evolution and the Nature of Science - Online book for teachers provided by the National Academy of Sciences.
Eugenie Scott - Evolution and Providence - Video of lecture on how to teach evolution.
Evidence for Evolution - Basic outline of the evidence for evolution, with further pages that go into more depth.
Evolution - Highlights of the major pieces of evidence, including living organisms, common ancestry, homologous structures, vestigial organs, biochemistry. Also discusses the theory of evolution.
How Humans Evolved - A general introduction to natural selection and population genetics, human behavior and mating, and the fossil record. Includes quizzes.
Evolution Education Resource Center - A plain English explanation of evolutionary processes for the average person, with refutations of creationism.
Understanding Evolution - Teaching the science and history of evolutionary biology, from the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the National Center for Science Education.
National Association for Objectivity in Science about Evolution - Promotes teaching of critical thinking about the theory of evolution.
National Center for Science Education - Clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and certain other theories out.
NSTA Position Statement - The Teaching of Evolution - Long summary of NSTA's recommendations.
AAAS News Release - Intelligent Design Theory - Resolution on intelligent design theory which rejects the theory as an inadequate competitor to evolution.
NCSE - Statements from Educational Organizations - Position statements from several dozen scientific education organizations.
Darwin Day at the University of Tennessee - Annual educational event to encourage teaching evolution as a unifying concept in biology and to disseminate accurate information concerning evolution.
Evolution Resources from the National Acadamies - Books (some with full online versions), position statements, and research papers.
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