6. Adaptive Radiation in the Galapagos

Sugat Dabholkar, Teresa Granito, Kevin Hall
Biology, Environmental Science
90-100 minutes (2 class periods)
High School Advanced Biology (AP)
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Overview

  • A new trait might grant individual(s) a competitive advantage for survival and/or reproduction in an environment (an adaptation), or a competitive disadvantage, or neither.
  • Advantageous traits tend to accumulate in populations over many generations yielding a population progressively better adapted to survive and reproduce in that environment over time.

Underlying Pages

Standards

Next Generation Science Standards
  •   Life Science
    • [HS-LS2] Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
    • [HS-LS4] Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
  •   NGSS Crosscutting Concept
    • Patterns
    • Systems
    • Stability and Change
  •   NGSS Practice
    • Analyzing Data
    • Using Models
    • Conducting Investigations
Computational Thinking in STEM
  •   Data Practices
    • Analyzing Data
    • Manipulating Data
    • Visualizing Data
  •   Modeling and Simulation Practices
    • Using Computational Models to Find and Test Solutions
    • Using Computational Models to Understand a Concept
  •   Computational Problem Solving Practices
    • Troubleshooting and Debugging
  •   Systems Thinking Practices
    • Investigating a Complex System as a Whole
    • Thinking in Levels
    • Understanding the Relationships within a System

Acknowledgement

CODAP is developed and built by The Concord Consortium at https://codap.concord.org/  

This lesson is based on the lesson Evolution in Action: The Galápagos Finches Authored by Paul Strode for Howard Hughes Medical Institute based on data collected by Peter and Rosemary Grant, Princeton University.

It uses an HHMI video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcM23M-CCog

 

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