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Publication Date: 2012-Sep
Pages: 5
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Clay Caterpillars: A Tool for Ecology & Evolution Laboratories
Barber, Nicholas A.
American Biology Teacher, v74 n7 p513-517 Sep 2012
I present a framework for ecology and evolution laboratory exercises using artificial caterpillars made from modeling clay. Students generate and test hypotheses about predation rates on caterpillars that differ in appearance or "behavior" to understand how natural selection by predators shapes distribution and physical characteristics of organisms.
Descriptors: Ecology, Physical Characteristics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Manipulative Materials, Entomology, Hypothesis Testing, Evolution, Learning Activities, Biology
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