Evolving Better Cars: Teaching Evolution by Natural Selection with a Digital Inquiry Activity

Autor/inn/en	Royer, Anne M.; Schultheis, Elizabeth H.
Titel	Evolving Better Cars: Teaching Evolution by Natural Selection with a Digital Inquiry Activity
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 76 (2014) 4, S.259-264 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
DOI	10.1525/abt.2014.76.4.8
Schlagwörter	Evolution; Scientific Concepts; Computer Uses in Education; Science Instruction; Biology; Student Projects; Inquiry; Secondary School Science + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computernutzung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Biologie; Schulprojekt
Abstract	Evolutionary experiments are usually difficult to perform in the classroom because of the large sizes and long timescales of experiments testing evolutionary hypotheses. Computer applications give students a window to observe evolution in action, allowing them to gain comfort with the process of natural selection and facilitating inquiry experimentation. The lesson described here uses a free online program, BoxCar2D, to demonstrate evolution by natural selection in a virtual population of cars. Students will be introduced to the principles of evolution and conduct independent inquiry projects on key predictions from evolution--including convergence, local adaptation, and the role of mutation in adaptation. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10