Over the next several days, students in Mr. Harrison’s Biology classes will:
Obtain and Communicate Information from scientific literature adapted for classroom use to determine the methods scientists use to quantify a physical trait variation (amount of white in tail feathers).
Analyze and Interpret data by applying concepts of statistics and probability to identify patterns in physical trait variations (wing size, tail length, and the amount of white in tail feathers) within and between the UCSD and mountain junco populations, in support of making claims about just how different these juncos are from one another.
WHAT WE FIGURE OUT – Distribution of trait variation in two populations of birds, how to analyze data of wing length, tail length, and % white in tail feathers for the UCSD and mountain juncos populations, differences in these traits between populations.