Tag: models
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Speciation Modes on
This activity was designed for students during the COVID-19 pandemic and is intended to be completed individually at home. The lesson explores the two models of speciation: allopatric and sympatric. You can also assign a simple print version that explores speciation modes. Students first read about allopatric speciation and apply it to the finches on…
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Case Study: Loggerhead Turtles and Population Models
This case study focuses on survivorship curves and population models by examining a case about loggerhead turtles. The case starts off with a story about how beach visitors must follow certain rules to not disturb native turtles and nesting behavior. Students watch a video that shows how biologists moved sea turtle nests after the…
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Teaching Evolution Using Animal Models
Most evolution units start with a history of evolutionary thought, where scientists of the past, like Darwin, Linnaeus, Larmarke, and Wallace, are discussed with regard to their contributions to evolutionary theory. If you’re not careful, you can end up spending too much time on the history, talking about the Voyage of the Beagle and the…