Resources

Below are some of the resources we’ve compiled over the years that we’ve used in our teaching, related to the cases. If you have any lesson plans, or versions of the slides that you’d like to share – send us a note!

PowerPoint Sets

Slide Sets

Resources for Classroom Clam Activity

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Ellis, R., Reichsman, F., Mead., L., Smith, J., McElroy-Brown, K. and White, P. J. T. (in press) Applying an integrative and technology-enhanced approach to the teaching and learning of evolution in Mendel’s peas. American Biology Teacher.
  
• Ellis, R., Reichsman, F., Mead., L., Smith, J., McElroy-Brown, K. and White, P. J. T. (2021) ConnectedBio: An integrative and technology-enhanced approach to evolution education for high school. American Biology Teacher: 83.6: 362-371.
  
• White, P. J. T., Heidemann, M. and Smith, J. (2015) A cross-course investigation of integrative cases for evolution education. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 16: 157-166. 
  
• White, P. J. T., Heidemann, M. and Smith, J. (2013) A new integrative approach to evolution education. BioScience 63: 586-594.
  
• White, P. J. T., Heidemann, M., Loh, M. and Smith, J. (2013) Integrative cases for teaching evolution. Evolution: Education and Outreach 6: (17).

Case Studies Related to the Cases

• Heidemann, M., Taylor, M., Storm, A., Dresser-Briggs, C., Warwick, A., and White, P. J. T. (2019) Oral Allergy Syndrome: A Confluence of Immunology and Phylogeny. National Science Teaching Association Case Study.
  
• Prud’homme-Genereux, A. (2018) A Rainbow of Sepia: The Evolution of Human Skin Color. National Science Teaching Association Case Study.
  
• Heidemann, M., White, P. J. T. and Smith, J. J. (2016) Evolution in Action: The Power of Mutation in E. coli. National Science Teaching Association Case Study.
  
• Sharp, J. (2015) Selection and the Blond Beach Mouse. National Science Teaching Association Case Study.
  
• Heidemann, M., White, P. J. T. and Smith, J. J. (2014) The Evolution of Color Vision in Monkeys: from Nucleotides to Ecology. National Science Teaching Association Case Study.
  
• Heidemann, M., White, P. J. T. and Smith, J. J. (2014) Joel E. Greengiant Learns about Peas: from Nucleotides to Selection. National Science Teaching Association Case Study.

Question Guides and Lesson Plans

Mouse Fur Color Evolution, Introductory Biology Class, Undergraduate level