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Barrow, L. H. "Picturing Evolution through Geologic Time." The American Biology Teacher 78, no. 2 (2016): 137-40. doi:10.1525/abt.2016.78.2.137. This is a complete lesson plan write up for the accounting tape activity mentioned above.
"Biogeography: Wallace and Wegener." Biogeography: Wallace and Wegener. Accessed July 17, 2016. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/history_16. This contains basic information on biogeography that is quite accessible.
Buckley, Don. Interactive Science. Boston, MA: Pearson, 2011.
Coyne, Jerry A. Why Evolution Is True. Excellent book that is accessible and extensive in the information it provides on evolution.
"CPS Stats and Facts ." CPS : At-a-glance : CPS Stats and Facts. Accessed June 27, 2016. http://cps.edu/About_CPS/At-a-glance/Pages/Stats_and_facts.aspx.
"Different Types of Fossils." The Learning Zone: What Is a Fossil? 2006. Accessed July 16, 2016. http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/fossils/intro/types.htm. This website offers a variety of activities on fossils.
Donovan, Stephen K. "Taphonomy." Geology Today 18, no. 6 (2002): 226-31. doi:10.1046/j.0266-6979.2003.00373.x. This is a scholarly article on the study of taphonomy.
Fortey, Richard A. Fossils: The Key to the past. London: Natural History Museum Publications, 2015. This is an extensive book on fossils and would be a great classroom addition.
Ghosh, Dipanjan. "Index Fossils." Resonance Reson 11, no. 10 (2006): 69-77. Accessed June 20, 2016. doi:10.1007/bf02835676. An article on basic background on index fossils.
Lee, Michael S.y., and Simon Y.w. Ho. "Molecular Clocks." Current Biology 26, no. 10 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.071. This is useful for understanding more on what a molecular clock is an how they are determined.
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Mcdowall, R. M. "What Biogeography Is: A Place for Process." Journal of Biogeography 31, no. 3 (2004): 345-51. doi:10.1046/j.0305-0270.2003.01020.x. Provides basic information on the study of biogeography and the process biogeographers use.
Mcelwain, Jennifer C., and Surangi W. Punyasena. "Mass Extinction Events and the Plant Fossil Record." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 22, no. 10 (2007): 548-57. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2007.09.003. This article was not extensively used but can be helpful for other example organisms to study.
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Nogués-Bravo, David, Jesús Rodríguez, Joaquín Hortal, Persaram Batra, and Miguel B. Araújo. "Climate Change, Humans, and the Extinction of the Woolly Mammoth." PLoS Biology PLoS Biol 6, no. 4 (2008). doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060079. This provides information on the probable causes behind the extinction of the woolly mammoth.
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Senut, Brigitte. "Morphology and Environment in Some Fossil Hominoids and Pedetids (Mammalia)." J. Anat. Journal of Anatomy 228, no. 4 (2015): 700-15. doi:10.1111/joa.12427. This is a very technical article and probably not as accessible for classroom instruction.
Stigall, Alycia, Danielle Dani, Sara Helfrich, and Aaron Sickel. "Tried and True: Using Observations of Fossils to Reconstruct Ancient Environments." Science Scope Sci. Scope 039, no. 02 (2015). doi:10.2505/4/ss15_039_02_10. This has several lessons that take students through a complete 5E model.
Ukkonen, P., K. Aaris-Sørensen, L. Arppe, P.u. Clark, L. Daugnora, A.m. Lister, L. Lõugas, H. Seppä, R.s. Sommer, and A.j. Stuart. "Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus Primigenius Blum.) and Its Environment in Northern Europe during the Last Glaciation." Quaternary Science Reviews 30, no. 5-6 (2011): 693-712. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.12.017. This provides helpful information on the environment that woolly mammoths lived in, and can be useful in planning.
Walker, J. D., J. W. Geissman, S. A. Bowring, and L. E. Babcock. "The Geological Society of America Geologic Time Scale." Geological Society of America Bulletin 125, no. 3-4 (2012): 259-72. doi:10.1130/b30712.1. A very thorough article on the geologic time scale, including its history and development.
Wiens, Delbert, and Michèle R. Slaton. "The Mechanism of Background Extinction." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105, no. 2 (2011): 255-68. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01819.x. A thorough and complete article on background extinction.
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