{"id":2032,"date":"2010-01-01T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T22:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2010-01-01T18:40:49","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T00:40:49","slug":"energizing-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=2032","title":{"rendered":"Energizing Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>it, as well as our understanding of it, just keeps going and growing and going&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the\u00a0holiday\u00a0break,\u00a0I have come across a number of valuable resources (video, audio, and paper) for demonstrating to students that the processes of natural selection and speciation, that Darwin made us aware of 150 years ago this past year, are actually occuring before our very eyes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead of hypothetical just-so-stories, these resources are user friendly and thought provoking real world examples with organisms and adaptations that students can relate to.\u00a0 These examples also highlight the\u00a0work of the people, and the personalities,\u00a0behind\u00a0the acquisition of new scientific knowledge.\u00a0 I commend these scientists and numerous others who\u00a0understand the importance of communicating science to a sometimes skeptical public and\u00a0whose\u00a0efforts\u00a0have provided us with these wonderful resources and springboards for learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2036\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/2010\/01\/01\/energizing-evolution\/lizards\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2036\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Lizards-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lizards\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Lizards-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Lizards.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read on to find out about these\u00a07 resources&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/nova\/beta\/evolution\/darwin-never-knew.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>What Darwin Never Knew<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a>This is a new 2-hour Nova video that was broadcast on December 29th.\u00a0 I must admit that I didn&#8217;t know of the broadcast but once I happened upon this new resource while flipping channels, I stopped and was mesmorized by the show.\u00a0 The segments I saw appeared to be a video\u00a0compliation\u00a0of Sean Carroll&#8217;s Making of the Fittest and other similar recent research.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elaine_morgan_says_we_evolved_from_aquatic_apes.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Aquatic Hypothesis for our Hairlessness<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a>This is a 17 minute TED Conference lecture by Elaine Morgan an avid supporter, as you will see and hear,\u00a0of the aquatic hypothesis for the evolution of our hairlessness.\u00a0 I had heard of this hypothesis but never knew much about its supporting evidence.\u00a0 This is a good introductory lecture on the topic of our nakeness.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=121092289\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bird Feeders Speed Up Evoltion, May Split Species<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a>This is a 12 minute audio segment on the &#8220;Reporting in <em>Current Biology<\/em>, researchers write of a warbler that has quickly evolved an unorthodox migration path to England to take advantage of backyard bird feeders. Study author Martin Schaefer explains how the clever migrants could become a distinct warbler species.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=121573590\" target=\"_blank\">Of Fish and Flies: The Evolutionary Role of Genes<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThis is a 4 minute audio segment of the on genes involved in the divergence phenotypes of stream and pond sticklebacks and fruit fly wing pigmentation discovered by David Kingsley at Stanford and Sean Carroll at the University of Wisconsin, respectively.\u00a0 I believe that this radio segment\u00a0may have\u00a0been\u00a0inspired by the NOVA video mentioned above.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/loom\/2009\/12\/22\/kinkiness-beyond-kinky\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kinkiness Beyong Kinky<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>This is a blog post on Discover&#8217;s website by Carl Zimmer who reports on the interesting coevolution of male and female reproductive anatomy in ducks.\u00a0 Videos are included.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ncse.com\/files\/pub\/evolution\/Zimmer--Tangled%20Bank--chapter%2010--with%20notice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Radiations &amp; Extinctions: Biodiversity through the Ages<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong>This is a full chapter excerpt from the latest book by Carl Zimmer, The Tangled Bank provided by the National Center for Science Education.\u00a0 If you end up enjoying the read, use the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0981519474\/ref=s9_simp_gw_s0_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;pf_rd_r=02AJBJCZXJAH9V19BBFX&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=470938631&amp;pf_rd_i=507846\" target=\"_blank\">this link<\/a> to surf to amazon to make the purchase.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/people.ibest.uidaho.edu\/~bree\/papers\/Rosenblum_AmNat_2006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Convergent Evolution and Divergent\u00a0Selection: Lizards at the White Sands Ecotone<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>While reading the year end review in the most recent issue of the journal Science, I came across this example of natural selection in three species of lizards at White Sands National Park in New Mexico (see this blog posts accompanying image).\u00a0 This research conducted by Erica Bree Rosenblum at UC Berkeley helps to bring the ecosystems, organismal, molecular, and genetic prespectives in an easy to relate to manner.\u00a0 The title link will take you to\u00a0a pdf copy of the original paper published in the American Naturalist (2006 isn&#8217;t really that recent), while the two links that follow\u00a0are to a\u00a0more student friendly\u00a0magazine article and blog post\u00a0on the research.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/whsa\/naturescience\/upload\/Rosenblum%20-%20lizards.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/whsa\/naturescience\/upload\/Rosenblum%20-%20lizards.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/notrocketscience\/2009\/12\/three_desert_lizards_evolve_white_skins_through_different_mu.php\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/notrocketscience\/2009\/12\/three_desert_lizards_evolve_white_skins_through_different_mu.php<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy New Year!\u00a0 I hope you enjoy the links, and look for a post on iPhone apps for Biology Teachers in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it, as well as our understanding of it, just keeps going and growing and going&#8230; 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