This web unit introduces two kinds of speciation (allopatric and sympatric) through an interactive task: the speciation of a group of tropical angiosperms called Fuchsia. Before starting the task, students are advised to review the definition of allopatric and sympatric speciation by entering "click here". In the Fuchsia task, the website presents observations and then ask students to...

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This unit aims to help students understand how How natural selection can lead microevolution and results in populations that are better adapted to their environment. Students will first play like a bird that eat moths. Two phenotypes of moths are presented, and it is likely that students will eat mostly visible moths and therefore create a selective pressure. Then, students are guided to...

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This unit provides three games for students to learn genetic variations and the selective pressure in three different populations (fish, bacteria, flowers). Students will need to select an individual and decide whether the individual has high or low fitness under certain environment. Then students will need to decide whether the change (like mutations of mating) can improve the fitness of that...

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In this lesson, you'll learn how chemiosmosis works and the pivotal role it plays in the metabolism of many cell types! It included sections about the components of chemiosmosis, chemiosmosis in eukaryotic organelles, and the evolution of chemiosmosis.

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Students interact with online case studies to learn about allopatry and sympatry in a phylogentic tree and how important gene flow is in the speciation process.

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