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Niche Partitioning and DNA Metabarcoding

This interactive module explores niche partitioning, a mechanism that enables similar species of animals to coexist.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Anatomy & Physiology
Ecology
Click & Learn
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College
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Understanding Variation in Human Skin Color

In this activity, students extend the concepts covered in the short film The Biology of Skin Color through the application of models and mathematical thinking to explain how genomic variation and human ancestry can explain differences in skin color, a polygenic trait.

Genetics
Anatomy & Physiology
Evolution
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College
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The Teosinte Hypothesis

In this activity, students further explore the short film Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn, by working through the mathematical concepts behind George Beadle’s claim that teosinte is the wild ancestor of maize.

Genetics
Anatomy & Physiology
Evolution
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College
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Factors That Affect the Mosquito Life Cycle

In this lab activity, students rear mosquitoes to test variables that might affect the mosquito life cycle.

Microbiology
Anatomy & Physiology
Science Practices
Labs & Demos
High School — General
High School — AP/IB