Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2014
Publication Source
The American Biology Teacher
Volume Number
76
Issue Number
7
First Page
460
Last Page
465
Publisher
University of California Press
ISSN
0002-7685
Abstract
This lesson is designed to teach students that behavior is a trait shaped by both genes and the environment. Students will read a scientific paper, discuss and generate predictions based on the ideas and data therein, and model the relationships between genes, the environment, and behavior. The lesson is targeted to meet the educational goals of undergraduate introductory biology, evolution, and animal behavior courses, but it is also suitable for advanced high school biology students. This lesson meets the criteria for the Next Generation Science Standard HS-LS4, Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity (NGSS Lead States, 2013).
Keywords
behavior, sociality, evolution, traits, genes, environment
Recommended Citation
Repository citation: Weigel, Emily G.; DeNieu, Michael; and Gall, Andrew J., "Oh, Behave! Behavior as an Interaction between Genes & the Environment" (2014). Faculty Publications. Paper 1505.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/faculty_publications/1505
Published in: The American Biology Teacher, Volume 76, Issue 7, September 1, 2014, pages 460-465. Copyright © 2014 University of California Press.
Comments
Emily G. Weigel, Michael DeNieu, Andrew J. Gall; Oh, Behave! Behavior as an Interaction between Genes & the Environment. The American Biology Teacher 1 September 2014; 76 (7): 460–465. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2014.76.7.8