October 30, 2022
Biointeractive has an enormous quantity of nice sources for evolution. I exploit the Rock Pocket Mouse exercise with my freshmen yearly. It’s a huge hit. We additionally focus on finches on the Galapagos island. What evolution unit could be full with out discuss of Darwin and finches?
The HHMI video focuses on trendy analysis on these island birds. Significantly, it focuses on how floor finches modified in a brief period of time attributable to drought and meals shortage.
Although, HHMI does have a video worksheet, I discovered it to be longer (and tougher) than I wanted for my freshman class. This model is shorter, and accommodates a graph to research, which was tailored from their knowledge factors train.
I play the video after introducing the subject of evolution. My presentation slides additionally embrace mentions of different HHMI sources, comparable to tuskless elephants and anoles within the Bahamas.
