Lesson Plan

Island Biogeography and Evolution

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Students use this activity as a logic problem that is based on real organisms and real data. The problem is to develop phylogenies for seven related populations of lizards living on the Canary Islands. Three phylogenetic charts are constructed, each using different forms of data, geography, geology, morphology, and molecular genetics.

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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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Duration
3 days
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