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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.
http://eeb.bio.utk.edu/darwin/
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Evolution Resources from the National Acadamies
Books (some with full online versions), position statements, and research papers.
http://nationalacademies.org/evolution/
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Questions and Answers about Scientific Theories
A helpful handout for educators addressing questions about scientific theories and misinformation about the theory of evolution.
http://dinosaurtheory.com/theory.html
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Big Picture on Evolution
Provides articles, student activities and teachers’ resources.
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Professional-resources/Education-resources/Big-Picture/Evolution/
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Teaching Evolution
The Biotechnology Institute passed a position statement strongly condemning the teaching of creationism and its variants because it compromises the quality of US public science education. This site provides a number of articles and other useful resources
http://www.biotechinstitute.org/teaching_evolution/
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Ongoing Challenges to Evolution Education: Resources and Activities of the National Academies
Jay B. Labov of the National Academy of Sciences outlines recent and planned activities of the Center for Education concerning the teaching of evolution, and collaborative activities with other organizations.
http://www.lifescied.org/cgi/content/full/4/4/269
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Resources for Teaching and Learning Biology
The American Institute of Biological Sciences provides links to a number of resources on biology teaching including evolution.
http://www.aibs.org/education/teaching_resources.html
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Evolution House
Provides information on a walk-through glasshouse exhibition demonstrating plant evolution over 3,500 million years. Teacher's pack available.
http://www.kew.org/collections/evolu.html
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Evolution Education Institute
EEI aims to promote the understanding of evolution and natural selection within the educational community and society at large. Provides information on in-service professional development, lesson plans, downloads and articles.
http://evolutioneducation.org/
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BioMedia: Eye to Eye
Learning Programs for Biology Education provides a number of articles on the eye and its evolution.
http://www.ebiomedia.com/Eyes/Eye-Eye-Eye-Eye-Questions-about-Eyes.html
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