We describe an alternative to the kinds of observation-based lab exercises that are often used to cover animal and plant evolution with respect to transitioning from aquatic to terrestrial habitats. We wrote this activity to address these objectives, but also to model the process of scientific inquiry and to require students to collect and analyze quantitative data. Additionally, we designed this activity so that students must consider the evolution of plant and animal traits in an integrated fashion.
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1 August 2015
Growing a Thicker Skin: An Exercise for Measuring Organismal Adaptations to Terrestrial Habitats
Troy R. Nash,
Suann Yang,
John C. Inman
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The American Biology Teacher
Vol. 77 • No. 6
August 2015
Vol. 77 • No. 6
August 2015
Adaptation
ANOVA
habitat
hypothesis testing
Organismal evolution
water loss