Students presented their "designer animals" to the class on Monday. It was interesting to see the unique adaptations that students created for their animals! For the remainder of the week, we used examples to reinforce the idea of natural selection (white lizards, quiet crickets, resistant insects and bacteria, tuskless elephants, etc.). We even began a "peppered moth simulation lab" after the reviewing the controversial experiment that was done in Manchester, England with pale and dark peppered moths. Natural selection has taught us that if you have the best traits (like being camolflagued, in this case), you are likely to survive and pass your genes on to your offspring.
We will take a chapter quiz on Tuesday of next week, and then begin our final section in our evolution chapter.
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