Inquiry & Investigation: Picturing Evolution through Geologic Time

The purpose of this activity is to provide precollege biology students a visual representation of evolution. Unfortunately, many resources begin with the start of life, which ignores the fact that the Earth is 4.6 billion years old. This model uses adding-machine tape to sequence events. Representat...

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Published in:The American biology teacher 2016-02, Vol.78 (2), p.127
Main Author: Barrow, Lloyd H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biogeography
Evolutionary biology
Geological time
Inquiry method
Macroevolution
Teaching methods
Visualization
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Summary:The purpose of this activity is to provide precollege biology students a visual representation of evolution. Unfortunately, many resources begin with the start of life, which ignores the fact that the Earth is 4.6 billion years old. This model uses adding-machine tape to sequence events. Representation of major evolutionary and geologic events helps students visualize macroevolution.
ISSN:0002-7685
1938-4211