Using segments from the Human Spark, in this video-enhanced lesson students learn how to design and critique experiments with living subjects. (Grades 5-8)

These segments from Human Spark, highlight elements of designing and critiquing experiments with living subjects. They may be used on their own in the classroom or as part of the lesson plan, "Experimenting with Experiments."

Gustavus Adolphus College hosted a conference last October focused squarely on the idea of “The Human Spark.” We've met with many of the speakers.

British geneticist Steve Jones has lately made the provocative assertion that human evolution is coming to its end. What do you think?