Teaching Evolution Through Inquiry-Based Lessons of Uncontroversial Science

摘要

Antibiotic resistance, genetically modified produce, avian flu,and invasive species persistence are just a few scientific issues pulled from the headlines that affect society on a daily basis.Understanding these issues requires knowledge of evolutionary processes. Educating students about evolution may never have been as necessary as it is today; however, public battles between science and religion provide hurdles to teaching evolution (Futuyma, 1995; Miller et al., 2006). The need to produce students equipped to understand current and future scientific issues of societal relevance is rarely disputed.Therefore, we must find creative ways to accomplish this goal.Improving a student's ability to understand evolution may be achieved through an inquiry-based module that focuses on relevant and uncontroversial geological, physical, and life sciences.