Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

In Patterns & Processes in Fish Diversity (OEB 130), Professor George Lauder's students create entries for the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). Students choose a fish that does not yet have an entry or only has a very sparse entry on the EOL. Students can...

In SLS 12, Erin Blevins engages her students by bringing in actual fish in order to start a discussion of adaptation and evolution. As Erin writes in her Derek Bok Center blog posting, "As everyone observes the fish and consults the specimen labels, they...

This project has students work in pairs explore the botany of Harvard Square. Students find a plant-related item to research and prepare a an abstract, a presentation, and a written report. Students investigate Harvard square to find a plant product. Once...