Digging for Fossils: Studying Fossils as Evidence for Human Evolution
Kerry Giesen, Jordan High School, Jordan, MN, based on an original activity by Don Pollock, Woodrow Wilson Biology Institute, Access Excellence
This lab activity is a paper fossil dig where students discover skeletal characteristics of humans, primates and hominids and are asked to make a short oral presentation to the class.

"Reef Survivor" Board Game - University Edition
Rowan Martindale, The University of Texas at Austin
"Reef Survivor" is an educational board game that can be used as an active learning tool in a class or lab. The educational objective is to teach players about ecology, evolution, and environmental ...

Timeline of the Early Earth
Selby Cull, Bryn Mawr College
Students assemble timelines of the early evolution of Earth's atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere by examining data from Archean rocks and minerals.

Dino Doom
Sina Kirk, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
This is an online learning experience that transports learners around the world to different locations related to the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event. Students will collect and analyze evidence to ...

Plastic Amniote Phylogeny
Rowan Martindale, The University of Texas at Austin
Students use plastic animals to discuss and synthesize their knowledge about the evolutionary relationships between different vertebrates (amniotes). In small groups, students get a bag of animals (e.g., mammals, ...

"Reef Survivor" Board Game - High School Aquatic Sciences Edition (Simple)
Rowan Martindale, The University of Texas at Austin; Enrique Reyes, The University of Texas at Austin; Sabrina Ewald, The University of Texas at Austin
"Reef Survivor" is a board game that can be used as an active learning tool in a class or lab to promote understanding of Earth processes (Geology), Aquatic Sciences, and Marine Biology. The educational ...

The Great Clade Race - Zombie Island Edition
Rowan Martindale, The University of Texas at Austin; David Goldsmith, Westminster College (UT)
This activity is a modification of the "Great Clade Race" (Goldsmith, 2003). This activity is great for helping students understand cladograms/phylogenies, but the original reinforces some problematic ...

Candy Phylogeny
Lisa Whitenack, Allegheny College
Students learn how make phylogenetic trees from morphological data using a variety of candy. Techniques and concepts learned include outgroup analysis, making a character matrix, coding characters, parsimony, ...

"Reef Survivor" Board Game - High School Advanced Placement Environmental Sciences Edition (Complex)
Rowan Martindale, The University of Texas at Austin; Enrique Reyes, The University of Texas at Austin; Sabrina Ewald, The University of Texas at Austin
"Reef Survivor" is a board game that can be used as an active learning tool in a class or lab to promote understanding of Earth processes (Geology), Aquatic Sciences, and Marine Biology. The educational ...

Comparison of Protein Sequences: BLAST searching and Phylogenetic Tree Construction
Wade Powell, Kenyon College
This laboratory exercise is a guided discovery of computational methods for comparing protein sequences. Students perform BLAST searches of reported CYP1A sequences and construct phylogenetic trees using CYP1A amino acid sequences from various vertebrate species, especially those with multiple CYP1A paralogs.