| Title | The Natural Selection of Forks and Beans |
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| Audience | Biology |
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| Abstract | In this activity, students actively participate as one of three predator species as they attempt to capture as many individuals as possible of four prey species. By maintaining the total number of both prey and predator individuals and by allowing reproduction to occur for successful species, the concept of biological carrying capacity can be simulated. The overall goals of this activity are as follows:
€Students will observe how population size can vary from generation to generation in response to changing environmental conditions.
€Students will determine which phenotypes (for both predator and prey) are most successful in a given type of environment.
€Students will determine how populations of various predator species affect populations of various prey species and visa versa.
€Students should prepare graphs comparing population size and generation for both predator and prey populations.
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| Author | Mike Basham |
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| Email | aembasha@spider.innercite.com |
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| Unifying Concept | Evolution and equilibrium |
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| Science and Technology | Understandings about science and technology |
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| Science as Inquiry | Understandings about scientific inquiry |
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| History and Nature of Science | Nature of scientific knowledge |
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| Science in Personal and Social Perspectives | Population growth, Science and technology in local, national, global challenges |
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| Life, Physical, Earth Sciences | Biological evolution, Interdependence of organisms, Populations and ecosystems |
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