Tag: science education
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Free Resource: The Skeleton Game
As the lecturer in charge of hominin evolution for our Human Evolution and Diversity Module in 2023, I had my students participate in a weekly challenge. Every week, I would provide a new game, quiz, or activity that they were encouraged to try and win. Every volunteer got candy, but every winner got both candy…
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Free Resource: The (Interactive) Human Family Tree
When developing a human evolution module for any level, it’s important to present data in a range of formats to maximise your students’ engagement. While teaching Human Evolution and Diversity at Durham University, a free and incredibly useful tool I often used was the Smithsonian’s interactive Human Family Tree. One of the first lessons I…
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Free Resource: Teaching Evolution With Sticky-Notes
As a postgraduate teaching assistant at Durham University’s Anthropology Department, part of my job was to plan and deliver plenary sessions for our Human Evolution and Diversity Module. This often meant balancing my own creativity and the class dynamic with academically-backed activities. While researching hands-on options for demonstrating allele frequency within populations, I came across…
The Brains and Bones Project 