Table 4 Questions to ask before and after the activity. A. warm-up questions to ask of the whole class or in smaller groups, and B. synthesis discussion questions to ask of the whole class
From: Making evolution stick: using sticky notes to teach the mechanisms of evolutionary change
| A. Warm-up questions | 1. Define evolution in your own words |
| 2. Is evolution happening today? | |
| 3. What causes evolution to happen in nature? | |
| B. Synthesis questions | 1. What characteristics could cause one color of sticky note to survive or reproduce better than another color? |
| 2. What does fitness mean in the context of evolution? | |
| 3. How is evolution related to genes? | |
| 4. Does evolution occur if an individual migrates but dies before reproducing? | |
| 5. What are the consequences of allelic fixation? | |
| 6. Has this activity changed your views on evolution? Why? | |
| a. Does evolution occur today? | |
| b. What causes evolution to occur in nature? | |
| c. What is the most important driver of evolution? | |
| 7. How does natural selection differ from the other mechanisms of evolution? | |
| 8. Name a contemporary example of an evolutionary process | |
| 9. Are humans currently evolving? |