Population Evolution: The Pollination Game

Jennifer J. Weber; Laura B. Vary; Colette E.S. Berg; Beth H. Ansaldi; Steven J. Franks

doi:10.1525/abt.2016.78.2.149

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1 January 2016 Population Evolution: The Pollination Game

Jennifer J. Weber, Laura B. Vary, Colette E.S. Berg, Beth H. Ansaldi, Steven J. Franks

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The American Biology Teacher, 78(2):149-154 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2016.78.2.149

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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.

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Jennifer J. Weber, Laura B. Vary, Colette E.S. Berg, Beth H. Ansaldi, and Steven J. Franks "Population Evolution: The Pollination Game," The American Biology Teacher 78(2), 149-154, (1 January 2016). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2016.78.2.149

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