Animal Behavior Teaching Resourceshttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genes/fate-nf.html
NOVA article (PBS) by Nipam Patel covers the role of gene switches in evolution including Hox genes.
Assigned as a pre-class reading for a class on Raw Material – DNA, genes, variation, inheritance, epigenetics
Course content area – Raw Material – DNA, genes, variation, inheritance, epigenetics
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
Campus – Hunter College
https://cptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.evo.peacock/tale-of-the-peacock/
PBS video segment from Evolution: Why sex? with Marion Petrie describing her work about mate choice and attraction in peafowl.
Assigned as a video to watch before a class on Sexual Selection.
Course content area – Sexual Selection
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
Campus – Hunter College
https://openstax.org/books/biology-2e/pages/18-1-understanding-evolution
Segment from Biology textbook giving an introduction to Darwin, processes and patterns of evolution, and evidence of evolution.
Used as an optional reading to support material covered in a class introducing the basics of evolution.
Course content area – Evolution Basics – history (Lamark, Darwin), evidence (fossils, homology)
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
Campus – Hunter College
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/great-minds-think-alike/
NOVA article (PBS), by Sean Carroll, talks about Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin.
Used as an extra reading to support lecture material.
Course content area – Evolution Basics – history (Lamark, Darwin), evidence (fossils, homology)
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
Campus – Hunter College
https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/evolution/advantage
Simulation of rock pocket mice with different coat colors and how the changing environment impacts survival. Provided by the Genetics Science Learning Center from the University of Utah.
Course content area – Natural Selection
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
CUNY College – Hunter College
Segment 3.9 Genes and Behavior from a Biopsychology open textbook.
Course content area – Raw Material – DNA, genes, variation, inheritance, epigenetics
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
CUNY College – Hunter College
Short news article from the UC Museum of Paleontology about Neanderthal genes and how they impact a person’s risk of COVID-19. Article updated July 2022.
Course content area – Human Behavior & Evolution
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
CUNY College – Hunter College
Online, open textbook with a large section on “Evolution, Genes, and Behavior” (linked).
Course content area – Evolution General, Behavior General
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
CUNY College – Hunter College
Online, open textbook with an anthropological and comparative approach. I use section 3.8 on Tinbergen’s four questions.
https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/natural-selection-sexual-selection-an-illustrated-introduction/
High-quality videos, learning games, and open lectures covering a multitude of topics related to animal behavior and evolution.
All (or at least most) videos have captions, available transcripts, and are available through Youtube. Under the Videos tab, you can check off certain categories including Evolution, Behavior, Brains + Senses, Migration, etc.
https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/media-library/
Some favorite videos:
