This interactive explores different anatomical features of the human body and what they reveal about the evolutionary history humans share with other organisms, including earlier, long-extinct species.

These classroom-ready resources complement the film "Great Transitions: The Origin of Humans," which reveals the history of our evolutionary origins.

Students explore transitional forms with features of both fish and tetrapods, and see the progression of anatomical changes from reconstructed fossil skeletons in this interactive.

In the second film of the Great Transitions trilogy, paleontologist Julia Clarke takes us on a journey to uncover the evidence that birds descended from dinosaurs. The film illustrates many of the practices of science, including asking important questions, formulating and testing hypotheses, analyzing and interpreting evidence, and revising explanations as new evidence becomes available.

In this film, part of the Great Transitions trilogy, Sean Carroll and Tim White discuss the most important human fossils and how they illuminate key phases of human evolution, focusing in particular on three traits: larger brains, tool use, and bipedality.

In this case study, students will be introduced to active conservation work going on in Africa. Set against the restoration of war-torn Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, The Guide tells the story of a young man from the local community who discovers a passion for science after meeting world-renowned biologist E.O. Wilson. Produced by Academy Award winning filmmaker Jessica Yu, the film weaves themes in conservation biology and environmental science, the value of scientific mentorship, and the social and economic realities of wilderness restoration. The film and accompanying resources serve as a case study in ecology and conservation biology.

This video discusses how transgenic organisms are engineered and how they enable researchers to study genetic diseases.

This virtual lab includes four modules that investigate different concepts in evolutionary biology, including adaptation, convergent evolution, phylogenetic analysis, reproductive isolation, and speciation. Each module involves data collection, calculations, analysis and answering questions.

This video discusses the connection between the infectious parasitic disease malaria and the genetic disease sickle cell anemia.

Students interpret molecular diagrams and build physical models of eukaryotic gene regulation in this hands-on activity.

Students transcribe and translate portions of the wild-type and mutant rock pocket mouse genes and compare sequences to identify the locations and types of mutations responsible for the coat color variation.

This activity introduces students to pedigree analysis and how they can be used by disease researchers.

Students explore how finches discriminate between members of their own species and those of a closely related species based on song and appearance.

Students explore principles of taxonomy by sorting seashells according to their morphological characteristics and constructing an evolutionary tree.

This virtual lab teaches skills of data colleciton and analysis to study evolutionary processes using stickleback fish and fossil specimens.

Students explore the methods scientists use to survey elephants and learn about the current state of the elephant population in Africa. The story of African elephants is a powerful case study of how science can inform conservation. It is important to track how many elephants are left and where they live to help protect them.

This resource explores the biology of the symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian Bobtail squid and bioluminescent bacteria Vibrio fischeri.

This virtual lab will familiarize students with the techniques used to make transgenic flies for scientific research.

This is a visual representation of the U.S. AIDS epidemic from 1981 to 1997. Each dot represents 30 cases.

Students sort lizards by appearances, then generate a phylogenetic tree using the lizards' DNA sequences to evaluate whether species that appear similar are closely related to each other.