Learning Exercise

Adaptive Radiation

1) Log onto the web site "http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/origin/index.html"

2) Complete the web activity "An Origin Of Species", taking notes on all new data presented in your lab notebook

3) Answer all questions regarding the changes in the four populations of birds in your 'Pollenpeepers' handout

Course: Biology (High School)

Material:: PBS: Evolution Activities And Lesson Plans
Date last modified:: June 30, 2005
Created by:: Scott Hatfield
License:

Bookmark

PBS: Evolution Activities And Lesson Plans

This site, part of a larger effort in support of PBS's Evolution series which first aired in 2001, contains many... see more

Material Type:: Collection
User Rating:: 5 stars

Exercise

Disciplines

Science and Technology / Biology / Evolutionary Biology

Audience

College General Ed

Requirements

Understanding of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection

Topics

Speciation, bottlenecks, diversity, niche, adaptation, adaptive radiation

Type of Task

Individual

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to describe the divergence and significant events in the history of populations of pollenpeepers, ficticious species of birds based upon the Hawaiian honeycreeper