8-8:30 am

Registration. 

8:30 am

Brief Introduction to SSE EVO 101 Dr. Tom Meagher, Chair of SSE Education Committee

8:45 am

Brief overview of EVO 101 Dr. Kristin Jenkins, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center

9:00 am

Science Talk:  Human Migrations, Evolution, and Disease. Dr. Cecil Lewis, Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma.

9:45 am

Break

10:00 am

Hands-on Activities

For K-7 Educators:  Human Skin Color Variation: Exploring hypotheses. (Louise Mead and Kristin Jenkins)

For 7-14 Educators: Evolution and Medicine.  Lessons from NIH/BSCS with Paul Beardsley

11:30 am

Lunch and conversations with scientists.

1:00 pm

Teaching Evolution in Elementary Schools Linda Lacy, Science Coordinator, North Kansas City Schools

1:30 pm

Panel Discussion on Teaching Evolution with Linda Lacy, North Kansas City Schools; Dr. Vic Hutchison, University of Oklahoma; Dr. Paul Beardsley, BSCS; Dr. Louise Mead, National Center for Science Education; Brad Williamson, University of Kansas.

2:00 pm

Hands on Activities

For K-7 Educators:  Evolution Readiness presentation and hands-on computer activity by The Concord Consortium.

For 7-14 Educators: Evolution and Inquiry by Brad Williamson, UKanTeach Master Teacher.

3:30 pm

Break

3:45 pm

Science Talk: If Natural Selection Is So Great, Why Aren’t Our Bodies Better?Dr. Randolph M. Nesse, Department of Psychology, Evolution and Human Adaptation Program, University of Michigan.   

4:30 pm

Raffle and Closing