BioOne.org will be down briefly for maintenance on 17 December 2024 between 18:00-22:00 Pacific Time US. We apologize for any inconvenience.
How to translate text using browser tools
1 September 2014 Oh, Behave! Behavior as an Interaction between Genes & the Environment
Emily G. Weigel, Michael DeNieu, Andrew J. Gall
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

This lesson is designed to teach students that behavior is a trait shaped by both genes and the environment. Students will read a scientific paper, discuss and generate predictions based on the ideas and data therein, and model the relationships between genes, the environment, and behavior. The lesson is targeted to meet the educational goals of undergraduate introductory biology, evolution, and animal behavior courses, but it is also suitable for advanced high school biology students. This lesson meets the criteria for the Next Generation Science Standard HS-LS4, Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity (NGSS Lead States, 2013).

©2014 by National Association of Biology Teachers. All rights reserved. Request permission to photocopy or reproduce article content at the University of California Press's Rights and Permissions Web site at www.ucpressjournals.com/reprintinfo.asp.
Emily G. Weigel, Michael DeNieu, and Andrew J. Gall "Oh, Behave! Behavior as an Interaction between Genes & the Environment," The American Biology Teacher 76(7), 460-465, (1 September 2014). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2014.76.7.8
Published: 1 September 2014
JOURNAL ARTICLE
6 PAGES

This article is only available to subscribers.
It is not available for individual sale.
+ SAVE TO MY LIBRARY

KEYWORDS
behavior
environment
evolution
genes
sociality
traits
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top