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Classroom Resource
The following classroom-ready resources complement The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection in Humans, which describes the connection between malaria and sickle cell anemia—one of the best-understood examples of natural selection in humans.
Classroom Resource
The following classroom-ready resources complement The Day the Mesozoic Died, which tells the story of the extraordinary detective work that led to the stunning discovery that an asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, triggering a mass extinction of animals, plants and even microorganisms.
Classroom Resource
The following classroom-ready resources complement The Making of the Fittest: The Birth and Death of Genes, which describes how scientists have pieced together the evolutionary history of the Antarctic icefish. The icefish makes an excellent case study for genetic evolution as both the gain and...
Short Film
Scientists have pieced together the evolutionary history of the Antarctic icefish. The icefish makes an excellent case study for genetic evolution as both the gain and loss of genes have led to key adaptations.
Lectures
Students discuss the short film after a screening at the 2012 Holiday Lectures on Science.
Classroom Resource
A short article by Dr. Sean B. Carroll detailing the discoveries covered in the film The Day The Mesozoic Died.
Classroom Resource
A worksheet designed to show students how scientists make their discoveries. It provides students with background information about how Dr. Allison's work built upon the contributions made by other scientists.
Classroom Resource
A worksheet designed to actively engage students as they watch the film. Students are asked to answer questions pertaining to the information provided in the film.
Video Clips
Dr. Michael Gottlieb was the first physician to notice the new disease of AIDS.
Video Clips
Dr. Kandel illustrates the practice of the now-debunked theory of phrenology.
Classroom Resource
This hands-on activity requires students to “visit” different K-T boundary sites.
Interview
Dr. Oreskes explains her switch from research science to science history, and what led her to write Merchants of Doubt.
Lectures
How Darwin came to publish The Origin of Species, and examples of how quickly evolution can change a population.
Lectures
The genesis of AIDS, identifying HIV as the virus that causes AIDS, and the modern global epidemic.
Series
What is mind? Can molecular biology help us understand mental function?
Lectures
The history of localization of function in the brain, and research that led to the understanding of localization of memory.
Lectures
The theory of plate tectonics took many decades to become accepted. The process by which it was finally accepted provides a fascinating glimpse into how scientists build new scientific consensus.
Lectures
Scientific evidence for global climate change is overwhelming, yet the American public remains skeptical. History provides insights into how a Cold War-era think tank became an influential source of anti-regulation sentiment.
Series
Has Earth changed over deep time? How did Earth shape life and life shape Earth? What does Earth's climate in the distant past tell us about the future?
Series
Where and when did humans arise? What distinguishes us from other species? Did our distant ancestors look and behave like us?
Series
How has the amazing diversity of plants and animals evolved? What can fossils, butterflies, and stickleback fish tell us about the deep common ancestry of all living forms?
Lectures
Dr. Donald Ganem describes how epidemiologists, physicians, and microbiologists work together to identify and study pathogens.
Animation
One of the failed hypothetical models of DNA is Linus Pauling's triple helix model. This structure would be unstable under normal cellular conditions.
Animation
An early model of continental drift proposed that parts of continental plates can sink into the mantle, allowing for movement.
Animation
An early continental drift model proposed that mantle convection can produce continental movement and new plate formation.
