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Clue A
Questions:
• What do you see
on the x-axis?
• What do you see
on the y-axis?
• What do you
know?
• What do you
wonder?
Data source: Grant, P.R., &
Grant, B.R. (2014). 40 Years
of Evolution: Darwin’s
Finches on Daphne Major
Island. New Jersey: Princeton
University Press and
Grant, P.R., Grant, B.R.
(2014). Data from: 40 years
of evolution. Darwin's finches
on Daphne Major Island.
Dryad Digital Repository.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/drya
d.g6g3h
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Figure 1: Average Beak Sizes of a Sample of 200 medium ground finches living on Daphne
Major in 1976.
Figure 2: Average Beak Sizes of a Sample of 200 medium ground finches living on Daphne
Major in 1976 (red bars) that did not survive and finches that survived after 1977 (black
bars)
Clue B Questions:
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•
•
•
What do you see on the x-axis?
What do you see on the y-axis?
What do you know?
What do you wonder?
https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/evolution-action-data-analysis
Data source: Grant, P.R., & Grant, B.R. (2014). 40 Years of Evolution: Darwin’s Finches on Daphne Major Island. New Jersey: Princeton University Press
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Figure 1: Average Beak Sizes of a Sample of 200 medium ground finches living on Daphne
Major in 1976.
Figure 2: Average Beak Sizes of a Sample of 200 medium ground finches living on
Daphne Major in 1978.
Clue C Questions:
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•
•
•
What do you see on the x-axis?
What do you see on the y-axis?
What do you know?
What do you wonder?
https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/evolution-action-data-analysis
Data source: Grant, P.R., & Grant, B.R. (2014). 40 Years of Evolution: Darwin’s Finches on Daphne Major Island. New Jersey: Princeton University Press
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Clue D
Questions:
• What do you see
on the x-axis?
• What do you see
on the y-axis?
• What do you
know?
• What do you
wonder?
Variation in total rainfall on Daphne Major. The gray bars are estimates of rainfall. The
black bars are actual rainfall.
Data source: Grant, P.R., & Grant, B.R. (2014). 40 Years of Evolution: Darwin’s Finches on Daphne Major Island. New Jersey: Princeton University Press
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Clue E
Questions:
• What do you see
on the x-axis?
• What do you see
on the y-axis?
• What do you
know?
• What do you
wonder?
Changes in seed composition.
Data source: Grant, P.R., & Grant, B.R. (2014). 40 Years of Evolution: Darwin’s Finches on Daphne Major Island. New Jersey: Princeton University Press
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Clue F Questions:
Using Google Earth –
explore the island of
Daphne Major.
• What do you see?
• What do you know?
• What do you wonder?
Daphne Major landing. The wave-cut,
barnacle-covered platform used for landing
and departing at low tide.
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Grant, P.R., & Grant, B.R. (2014). 40 Years of
Evolution: Darwin’s Finches on Daphne Major
Island. New Jersey: Princeton University Press
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Clue G Questions:
Using the internet, begin your own search of what questions you have.
Document all your sources and what you learn.
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