Curated OER
It's All About Vitamins
The fascinating topic of human skin color is examined in this article from Muse magazine. It highlights a study done by a pair of scientists on the relationships among strength of sunlight, vitamins, and melanin in the skin. The results...
Curated OER
Variation in Human Skin Color
Students explore factors that control variation in human skin color and the implications of this information for human society. They understand that skin color is no longer considered a credible scientific standard by which to classify...
Curated OER
LESSON 3: The Many Shades of Our World
Students recognize that people have many different types of skin color.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Freedom's Story: Pigmentocracy
Trudier Harris, Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, takes a look at pigmentocracy, the distinctions that people of African descent in America make in their various skin tones. She suggests that there is a...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Nina Jablonski Breaks the Illusion of Skin Color
In this video, Nina Jablonski explains that human skin pigmentation is a product of the environment and evolution and explores skin's many different traits. [14:46] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Curated OER
Kids Health: The Whole Story on Skin
This website offers a simple, yet detailed explanation on the structure and function of skin.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 3.15 Polygenic Traits
Learn how in polygenic inheritance, a trait is controlled by more than one gene.
Other
Understanding Race: Only Skin Deep
This interesting site presents the theory that skin color is not due to race but is a function of life under the sun.
Curated OER
Only Skin Deep
This interesting site presents the theory that skin color is not due to race but is a function of life under the sun.