Evolution Lab Tips

1. Open the lab: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/stickleback-evolution-virtual-lab. Read the introduction to the lab. Click on the picture of the lab to begin the lab. 2. Read the overview of the lab and then click on “Start Tutorial 1” button. 3. Read through the information on how to score a pelvis is a living fish. You will want to make sure you spend time doing the tutorial so you know how to score the pelvis or it will hinder your results later. Follow the direction to complete the tutorial. 4) If you place your cursor anywhere on the fish it will magnify it for you and you can move it around. 5) You can also click and the top to change the view. The lateral view will show you the side of the fish and the ventral view will show you the belly of the fish. 6) Complete the second tutorial and then move on to the experiments. 7) After you have completed scoring the fish and submitted in the data you will be asked to graph your data. Click on the second option and it will graph the data automatically for you. 8) Print the screen with the graph and submit it for grading. 9) You will have a similar graph to attach for experiments 2 and 3. When you have finished you will have a summary report to submit. Do not worry about doing the analysis for this experiment. It involves using statistical tests to determine if you finding are statistically significant. 10) You will have 5 items to submit: 1 pre-lab worksheet, 3 graphs, 1 summary report.                                                                                                                                  

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