Genetic Equilibrium & Natural Selection
kit #76
Students study the principles of genetic equilibrium and natural selection as a process of evolution using this kit.
A simulation is used to develop insights about the genetic process involved when natural selection operates within a population in genetic equilibrium. Students use the data collected in the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium to understand better the actual complexity of natural selection.
Scientific Concepts for this kit
• Understand the principles of genetic equilibrium and natural selection as a process of evolution
• Collect data from a simulated genetic process when natural selection is operating on a population in genetic equilibrium
• Use data in a Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
• Understand that gene frequencies in equilibrium will remain in equilibrium in the absence of mutation, migration, or selection
• Understand that natural selection operates against the less favorable phenotypes in a population resulting in a larger proportion of favorable phenotypes in subsequent generations
All material in this activity, for 30 students, is reusable.
- Understand the principles of genetic equilibrium and natural selection as a process of evolution
- Collect data from a simulated genetic process when natural selection is operating on a population in genetic equilibrium
- Use data in a Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
- Understand that gene frequencies in equilibrium will remain in equilibrium in the absence of mutation, migration, or selection
- Understand that natural selection operates against the less favorable phenotypes in a population resulting in a larger proportion of favorable phenotypes in subsequent generations
Content List in Genetic Equilibrium & Natural Selection is as follows:
| Quantity | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher’s Guide |
| 30 | Student Worksheets and Guides |
| 15 | Shakers |
| 60 | Alleles, plastic, dark-colored |
| 40 | Alleles, plastic, light-colored |
- Number of students
- Maximum 45 at one time
- Number of groups
- Maximum 15 at one time
To complete this kit requires one ~50-minute class period.
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