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Overview: This news brief from December 2009 focuses on one of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases: malaria. Malaria is normally treatable, but now some strains are evolving resistance to our most effective drug. Find out how researchers and doctors are trying to control the evolution of the disease. Author/Source: UC Museum of Paleontology Grade level: 9-12 Time: 30 minutes Teaching tips: This article includes a set of discussion and extension questions for use in class. It also includes hints about related lessons that might be used in conjunction with this one. Get more tips for using Evo in the News articles in your classroom. Concepts: Correspondence to the Next Generation Science Standards is indicated in parentheses after each relevant concept. See our conceptual framework for details. Evolution results from selection acting upon genetic variation within a population. (LS4.B) Traits that confer an advantage may persist in the population and are called adaptations. (LS4.B, LS4.C) As with other scientific disciplines, evolutionary biology has applications that factor into everyday life. There is variation within a population. (LS3.B) Teacher background: Natural Selection

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