Follow the link to find out more about the Galapagos Islands and what the government of Ecuador is doing to protect the wildlife there. View a slide show to see species found on three islands and write a review in your science journal. (
http://www.literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/the-origin-of-the-species/
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This page has a Java simulation that demonstrates allele frequency and natural selection. Choose various numbers for this simulation and run the experiment. (
http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/simulations/selection.html
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Visit the virtual exhibits at this site to learn more about paleontology. Use the information on this site to construct your own geologic time line and display it in your classroom. (
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/exhibits.html
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At this site, sponsored by BioScience Productions, Inc., you can explore issues such as biodiversity, the environment, genomics, biotechnology, and evolution. Choose a topic and read some of the articles in that category. What are some of the major issues concerning biologists today? Write a report on your topic and present it to the class. (
http://www.actionbioscience.org/
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This page gives a detailed explanation of the Hardy-Weinberg principle. Develop a presentation for the rest of the class to explain this principle. (
http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/biologie/b_online/e13/13a.htm
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Visit this site to learn more about this principle. What are the seven conditions they proposed that must be present for evolution not to occur? (
http://anthro.palomar.edu/synthetic/synth_2.htm
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Visit this site to learn more about the Hardy-Weinberg principle. Click on the links to learn more information. (
http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/1994/hwintro.html
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Visit this site for a wealth of information on the Galapagos Islands. Select an article from this page to read more about the species found there. (
http://www.darwinfoundation.org/articles/index.html
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Visit this site to learn about the divergent evolution that is occurring off of the coast of California. How did isolation affect the species on these islands? (
http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/coastal/islands.html
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Visit this site to read about the divergent evolution in marsupials. What may have caused these marsupials to undergo divergent evolution? (
http://animals.about.com/library/weekly/aa061901a.htm
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