Education in Evolution and Science Through Laboratory Activities

Table 1 Scheme of the laboratory activities contained in the second part of IEBL

Chapter	II—examining the evidence for evolution								III—using the tools and principles of evolution				IV—variation and adaptations within species				V—biotic potential and survival			VI—simulating natural selection								VII—the new evolutionary synthesis
Laboratory number	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	1	2	3	4	5
Homology	X						X
Comparative Anatomy/Genetics	X						X
Molecular Clock		X																												X
Phylogeny		X			X	X	X	X																						X
Mutations			X																	X
Microevolution			X
Systematics & Classification				X	X	X		X			X																				X
Phylogenetics				X
Convergence & Divergence		X		X	X							X	X																	X
Variation within Species													X	X	X	X												X
Age determination									X
Geologic Time										X
Transitional Forms											X
Geographic Distribution
Population Dynamics																			X
Competition																X	X									X
Adaptation													X			X						X		X			X	X
Isolation															X
Overproduction																	X	X
Biotic potential																		X
Natural Selection																				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X					X
Genotype and Phenotype
Founder Principle																				X
Predator-prey																				X						X	X
Hardy Weinberg																				X				X								X
Genetic Drift																					X	X										X
Carrying Capacity
Populations																							X
Probability																									X		X
Selection Types																										X
Mode & Tempo of Evolution																													X
Founder Effect																															X
DNA Hybridization																														X
Fitness																												X
Punctuated Equilibrium																													X

Columns represent the 32 activities organized into six sections. X’s indicate which “evolution principles” are addressed in each activity (principles are listed on the left). IEBL, modified from Table 2, pp. 14–15

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