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Natural Selection Because of Different Color: Camouflage

In this activity (p.5-6 of PDF), learners investigate natural selection. Learners discover that natural selection, which takes place over decades, can lead to altered populations within a species. Use this activity to explain the role of pollution and how humans can impact populations as well as compare natural selection to the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria, which occurs much more quickly....

Keywords:: Social Sciences, Human Impact, Color, NSDL, Biological Science, Ecology, Physics, Animals, Industrial Revolution, Earth System Science, Predator, Science and Society, Forestry and Agriculture, Technology and Society, Populations, Life Science, Diversity of Life, Geoscience, Technology and the Environment, Anthropology, Peppered Moth, Moths, Pollution, Camouflage, Technology, Impacts of Technology, Reiteration, Evolution, Natural Selection, Species, Mechanisms of Evolution, Evolved

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Academic Support Services / Diversity, Equity, Inclusiveness

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Material Type:: Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: August 30, 2017
Authors:: Dave Cavanagh, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Laura Cavanagh, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Nikki Pickup, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling