Evolution Symposium Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of On the Origin of Species

该提案要求提供部分资金，以支持全体演讲者、大学和高中教育工作者、不同学生群体(研究生、本科生、高中生)和普通公众参加进化研讨会和教学进化讲习班。研讨会将汇集进化生物学领域的主要研究人员与中西部教育工作者和学生，以扩大他们对进化生物学当前主题的接触，并帮助课堂上教授进化。演讲者将展示从遗传学到解剖学再到古生物学的学科进化的证据。向所有参与者开放的三个海报会议将进一步增加我们的演讲者、资深教师、学生和公众之间的互动。研讨会最后将举办一个教育工作者工作坊。这个工作坊的广泛影响是巨大的。内布拉斯加州大学科尔尼分校在向本校学生、未来的教育工作者和普通民众教授进化论方面面临着持续不断的斗争。受邀演讲者名单包括美国一些最有说服力的进化论演讲者(纽约大学的迈克尔·普鲁加南；J.克雷格·文特尔研究所的香农·威廉姆森；科罗拉多大学的罗布·奈特；斯沃斯莫尔学院的斯科特·吉尔伯特)。为教师举办的相关研讨会将就如何教授从进化论的化石证据到进化论的分子证据到自然选择的各种主题提供专家建议。教师和学生将有大量机会与所有参与者直接交谈。

This proposal requests partial funding to support the participation of plenary speakers, college and high school educators, a diverse group of students (graduate, undergraduate, high school) and the general public in an Evolution Symposium and a Teaching Evolution Workshop. The symposium will bring together leading researchers in evolutionary biology with Midwestern educators and students to broaden their exposure to current topics in evolutionary biology and to assist in teaching evolution in the classroom. Speakers will present evidence for evolution from disciplines ranging from genetics to anatomy to paleontology. Three poster sessions open to all participants will further increase interaction between our presenters, established faculty, students and the public. The symposium will conclude with a workshop for educators.Broader impacts of this workshop are enormous. The University of Nebraska at Kearney faces a constant struggle to teach evolution to its own students, to future educators, and to the general public. The list of invited speakers includes some of the nation's most persuasive lecturers on evolution (Michael Purugganan, New York University; Shannon Williamson, J. Craig Venter Institute; Rob Knight, University of Colorado; Scott Gilbert, Swarthmore College). The associated workshop for teachers will provide expert advice on how to teach topics ranging from fossil evidence for evolution to molecular evidence for evolution to natural selection. Teachers and students will have abundant opportunities to talk directly with all participants.