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    Cohort Life Tables
    This module introduces cohort life tables in the context of understanding demographic processes and how they affect populations. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.
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    The Evolution of Human Skin Color
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- while the concept of evolution by natural selection is very simple, it is often misunderstood by students.
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    Mutation and Selection: An Exploration of Antibiotic Resistance in Serratia Marcescens
    This laboratory module gives students hands-on experience with mutation and selection in bacteria.
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    A Modeling Exercise in Sexual Selection using a Student-Created Bird Species
    Evolution-centered lessons at the undergraduate level can often be jargon-heavy, propagate misconceptions if taught ineffectively, and be uninteresting to students who may not see the relevancy of...
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    The River Breathes: Stream reach metabolism as an integrative and comparable measure of stream processes
    Stream reach metabolism integrates organism respiration & production to provide a valuable ecosystem measure that varies as a function of biotic & abiotic factors. As a powerful indicator of whole...
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    Natural Selection and Galápagos Finches
    A worksheet and accompanying data set that guides students through making and interpreting frequency distributions, selection differentials, and fitness functions.
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    Maintenance of Phenotypic Polymorphism and a Scientist Spotlight Featuring Dr. Swanne Gordon
    In this lesson students interpret graphical evidence of frequency-dependent selection in the wood tiger moth, then make long-term evolutionary predictions. They then read and reflect on an...
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    2012-Transtrum-Qiu-Optimal experiment selection for parameter estimation in biological differential equation models
    We explore the question to what extent parameters can be efficiently estimated by appropriate experimental selection.
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    Joel E. Greengiant Learns About Peas: From Nucleotides to Selection
    This case study follows purveyors of peas, Joel E. and Jolene Greengiant, as they learn about the origin, biochemistry, genetics and eventual artificial selection of sweet (wrinkled) peas, all in...
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    Application of a Bacterial Experimental Evolution System to Visualize and Teach Evolution in Action: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
    Concepts of evolution are typically taught through examples of extremely long timescales, which do not always resonate broadly. Here, we describe a course-based undergraduate research experience...
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    Sample Resource
    Abstract text.
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    Variance Tutorial
    Numbers Count Excel resource
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    Testing for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
    Numbers Count Excel resource
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    Quartile Tutorial
    Numbers Count Excel resource

    Keywords: ExcelNumbers Count

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    3D breast cancer tissue reconstruction image files
    Database of image files for AIMS Resource: 3D breast cancer tissue reconstruction

    Keywords: Resources @ AIMS

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    Dendroclimatology images
    Database of image files for AIMS Resource: Dendroclimatology
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    Louse Genetics, Genomics, and Gene Function...Oh My!
    In this module, students will be investigating a louse gene with an unknown function to determine if it might be important in the evolution of the louse ecomorphs.
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    Louse and Human Coevolution
    This module examines the complicated co-evolution of Lice, Humans, and Great Apes
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    Sickle Cell Disease and Natural Selection in Humans
    A short film explores the evolutionary connection between an infectious disease, malaria, and a genetic condition, sickle cell anemia. The animation explores the genetic causes and biological...
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    Examining human impacts on tusk evolution in elephants using authentic research data using Serenity
    In this activity students explore and analyze real, authentic research data paired with HHMI’s “Selection for Tuskless Elephants” video in a hands-on investigation of human impacts on elephant...
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