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Introduction to Natural Selection
Roadblocks to Understanding Natural Selection
Course Overview and Materials:
SECTION ONE: The Nature of Scientific Arguments:
Lesson 1B: Sequencing Events (The Cartoon Activity):
SECTION TWO: Comparing Explanatory Models:
Lesson 2A: Introduction to the Nature of Explanatory Models:
Lesson 2B: Understanding Paley's Model:
Lesson 2C: Understanding Lamarck's Model:
Lesson 2D: Introduction to Darwin's Model:
Lesson 2E: Comparison of the Models:
SECTION THREE: Using Darwin's Model of Natural Selection:
Lesson 3A: Developing a Darwinian Explanation:
Lesson 3B: Exploring Variation and Heritability:
SECTION FOUR: Extending the Natural Selection Model to Anomalous Phenomena:
Lesson 4A: Monarch/viceroy Case: