Considers the influences of biology on English literature between 1500 and 1900. Public education and interest in the biological sciences is examined from the viewpoints of medicine, agriculture, and natural history. Trends in literature are reviewed chronologically by century. (CS)

Illustrates the link between biology and Victorian literature by considering such popular and/or influential writers as Tennyson, Collins, Evans, Lewes, Kingsley, Allen, and Doyle. (CS)

Many teachers accept science literacy as an important goal for K-12 education; however, those without a strong background in science, mathematics, and technology may be unsure of how to teach important ideas from these fields to their students. As part of its comprehensive effort to reform K-12 education, Project 2061 of the American Association…