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Population Evolution: The Pollination Game

Published:2016-02-01 Issue:2 Volume:78 Page:149-154
ISSN:0002-7685
Container-title:The American Biology Teacher
language:en
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Author:

Weber Jennifer J.¹,Vary Laura B.²,Berg Colette E.S.³,Ansaldi Beth H.⁴,Franks Steven J.⁵

Affiliation:

1. JENNIFER J. WEBER (jenniferjuneweber@gmail.com) is an Assistant Professor at Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701.

2. LAURA B. VARY (laura.vary@wri.org) is an Africa Forest Associate, Global Forest Watch at the World Resources Institute, Washington, DC 20002.

3. COLETTE E.S. BERG (cberg3@fordham.edu) is an undergraduate researcher

4. BETH H. ANSALDI (bansaldi@fordham.edu) is a doctoral candidate

5. STEVEN J. FRANKS (franks@fordham.edu) is an Associate Professor, all in the Department of Biology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458.

Abstract

To teach the most central concepts in evolutionary biology, we present an activity in pollination biology. Students play the role of either pollinator or flower and work through a set of scenarios to maximize plant fitness. This “Pollination Game” facilitates critical and inquiry-based thinking, and we accompany each round of the exercise with a set of discussion questions and answers. We have piloted and fine tuned this exercise with high school students, and improved the exercise with the input of high school teachers at a teaching conference. The activity could easily be adapted for freshman undergraduate students.

Publisher

University of California Press

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous),Education

Link

http://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/78/2/149/59892/abt_2016_78_2_149.pdf

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