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Teaching evolution through the founder effect: A standards-based activity

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The American Biology Teacher, September 1st, 2003

Unfortunately, there has long been persistent public resistance to the teaching of evolution in the United States. We feel that this is partially because evolution is a relatively abstract concept, making evolutionary mechanisms nearly incomprehensible to the general public. Thus, we need more ways to allow students to learn about evolution in an engaging, constructivist manner. We have developed an activity called "Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, Founder Effect and Evolution" that is useful for high school biology students. Our activity is a national standards-based inquiry activity for at least ...

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