Growing a Thicker Skin: An Exercise for Measuring Organismal Adaptations to Terrestrial Habitats

Troy R. Nash; Suann Yang; John C. Inman

doi:10.1525/abt.2015.77.6.426

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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, 77(6):426-431 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.6.426

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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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Troy R. Nash, Suann Yang, and John C. Inman "Growing a Thicker Skin: An Exercise for Measuring Organismal Adaptations to Terrestrial Habitats," The American Biology Teacher 77(6), 426-431, (1 August 2015). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.6.426

Published: 1 August 2015

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