Understanding and Teaching Evolution
Find out the fundamentals of biological evolution and how to teach them in the classroom with this online course from the University of Bath.
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Find out how to teach evolution to 7–16 year olds
How does evolution happen? Can we observe it in real time? How do new species come about and how long does this take?
When you think about evolution, you may think of Darwin, but modern genetics has transformed our understanding of how evolution happens. This course uses this new genetics-centred approach to explain key concepts in our scientific understanding of evolution.
The course starts with the genetics of inheritance and variation, how natural selection and adaptation leads to speciation, followed by macroevolution and geological time, ending with human evolution.
What topics will you cover?
- Inheritance and Variation
- Natural Selection and Adaptation
- Speciation
- Macroevolution
- Geological time
- Human evolution
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