Community leaders and academics explore and explain how evolution is cutting-edge science. Limited seating; call 607.273.623 x11 to reserve seats.

Panelists:
Sheila Dean, Editor, Darwin Correspondence Project, and Visiting Scholar, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University
Richard Harrison, Professor and Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Allen MacNeill, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology, Cornell University
Will Provine, Professor of the History of Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Myra Shulman, Senior Research Associate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Laurel Southard, Director of Undergraduate Research and Outreach in Biology, Cornell University

A panel of experts explore the historical science of the human mind. Limited seating; call 607.273.6623 x11 to reserve seats.

Panelists:
Wendy Jones, Senior Lecturer, Department of English, Cornell University
Allen MacNeill, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology, Cornell University
Lisa Paciulli, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Ithaca College
Will Provine, Professor of the History of Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Kern Reeve, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University

An expert panel explores early 20th century thought on human selective breeding.

Panelists:
Warren Allmon, Director, Paleontological Research Institution, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell
Allen MacNeill, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology, Cornell University
Will Provine, Professor of the History of Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University
Brian Kaviar, recent graduate of Cornell University

Included with admission to the museum.

11:00-11:45am - Zoo to You: Amazing Adaptations, presented by the Rosamond Gifford Zoo of Syracuse, New York. Come see live animals and learn about how they are adapted to their habitats!

All day:
Battle of the Beaks: Build a bird beak to learn how birds are adapted to eating different kinds of seeds.

Known Bones: What do whales, monkeys, wolves, and dolphins have in common? Their bones!

Tracing Your Past: Learn about past human anatomy, and human evolution, by tracing vestiges that are present in your own body!

The Chips are Down: A Natural Selection Game: Play a game with paper chips to learn how the best-adapted individuals survive to reproduce and pass on their traits!

And more...

Speakers and discussion about how K-12 teachers can approach the subject of evolution in their classrooms. Co-sponsored by TST BOCES. Advance registration required. Visit this page to register.

8:00-9:00 Registration and breakfast
9:00-9:45 Warren Allmon, Evolution and Creationism: A Museum Perspective
10:00-10:45 Breakout Discussion and Activity I
10:45-11:30 Breakout Discussion and Activity I
11:30-12:30 Lunch
12:30-1:30 Richard Milner, Teaching Evolution in the Midst of the Culture Wars
1:30-2:00 Recap and Resource handout
2:00-3:00 Tour and discussion of evolution in the Museum exhibits